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__label__cc	0.606289	0.393711	Muka 3 Melayari Kategori Q&A: China’s Brutal Aggression in East Turkestan Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Mar 20, 2017 Question: According to Al Jazeera.net 2/3/2017, there is news of large Chinese military build-up inside East… Question: (in recent times there have been a series of missile-launching activities in the Indian sub-continent,… Q&A: American Policy on Iran and Palestine Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Mar 7, 2017 Question: In the answer to the previous question, 5/2/2017, Trump’s general policy towards exploiting the… Q&A: Trump’s International Policy Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Feb 21, 2017 Question: The previous US administration’s important achievement in Syria i.e. the surrendering of Aleppo to the… Q&A: The Political Situation in Gambia Question: We would like the party to give attention to Muslim issues in Africa, as it does with other Muslim… Q&A: Recent Developments in Cyprus Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Feb 6, 2017 Question: The talks on Cyprus were concluded on Friday, 20/01/2017, after they were resumed on 18/1/2017. These… Q&A: Trump’s Victory in the US Elections! Question: There is a question I did not find it a convincing answer to it, which is: How Trump beats Clinton by… Q&A: True American Policy towards Russia and China Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Jan 11, 2017 Question: US President Obama announced on 29/12/2016, three weeks before his departure, of a number of tough… Apa disebalik pembunuhan Duta Rusia di Ankara? Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Jan 1, 2017 Apa disebalik pembunuhan Duta Rusia di Ankara? (Terjemahan) Soalan: Pada 19/12/2016, seorang pegawai polis di… Q&A: Who is behind the bombings in Turkey? Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Dec 23, 2016 Question: On Saturday, 17/12/2016 there was a bombing: 13 soldiers were killed on Saturday and 48 others were… Q&A: Conspiracy, Betrayal, and Forsaking in Aleppo Question: It has not been two weeks since the start of the fighting in Aleppo on 26/11/2016, when talks of… Q&A: What is happening now in Aleppo and Syria? Question: Turkey has stepped up its contacts with Russia regarding the Syrian arena for the reopening of the… Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Nov 28, 2016 Question: There is a question I did not find it a convincing answer to it, which is: How Trump beats Clinton by a… Q&A: What is behind the Battle to Reclaim Mosul? Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Nov 2, 2016 Question: On 17/10/2016, the start of the battle to regain Mosul was announced, what is intended by this? How can… Q&A: The International Aspect of the Syrian Crisis Question: Hollande described the Russian airstrikes on Aleppo, “is truly a war crime.” (BBC, 20/10/2016), after… Q&A: Latest Events in Syria Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia Sep 28, 2016 Question: The truce collapsed that America and Russia spent lengthy meetings designing to the extent that some… Pos Lalu	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4240
__label__cc	0.539784	0.460216	Appeals Court Upholds Texas Voter ID Law Associated Press 28 April 2018 by Ian Mason The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court on Friday to allow a Texas voter ID law to remain in place in a case that could be a major breakthrough for conservative anti-voter fraud efforts. Judge Edith Jones’s 17-page opinion for the … More Appeals Court Upholds Texas Voter ID Law Federal Judge Rules Against Berkeley In Victory For Free Speech April 28, 2018 jonathanturley I have previously criticized the University of California at Berkeley for its highly biased history in dealing with conservative speakers who come to campus. Now, federal judge Maxine Chesney has agreed with the Young America’s Foundation (and the U.S. Justice Department) in rejecting a motion to dismiss by Berkeley — forcing the school … More Federal Judge Rules Against Berkeley In Victory For Free Speech SCOTUS Justices Express Skepticism About Arguments Against Trump Travel Ban April 27, 2018 by Warren Mass As justices of the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Trump v. Hawaii on April 25, their line of questioning indicated that the four more conservative members of the High Court, as well as Justice Anthony Kennedy — who is often a “swing vote” — appeared to be sympathetic … More SCOTUS Justices Express Skepticism About Arguments Against Trump Travel Ban Imperial Judiciary: Acting Unconstitutionally, Judge Orders Restart of DACA April 25, 2018 by Selwyn Duke Another judge has signaled that he doesn’t like the law — so he’s just going to ignore it. On Tuesday, Judge John D. Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia “ruled” that last year’s revocation of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was illegal … More Imperial Judiciary: Acting Unconstitutionally, Judge Orders Restart of DACA 2 Comments Imperial Judiciary: Acting Unconstitutionally, Judge Orders Restart of DACA CDC Buried Data Supporting Defensive Use of Firearms April 24, 2018 by Bob Adelmann Gary Kleck, a criminologist now retired from Florida State University, was likely astonished to learn that his controversial study, The National Self-Defense Survey, was accurate after all. He and FSU fellow professor Marc Gertz concluded, based on their carefully-crafted surveys conducted in 1993, that there were more than 2.2 million … More CDC Buried Data Supporting Defensive Use of Firearms The Bill of Rights is Missing an Amendment – Another Dred Decision By A Lower Court April 19, 2018 By The Common Constitutionalist One of greater problems that plague our federal government is that of cross-delegation. What do I mean by this? I describe this phenomenon as such, owing to the fact that three branches of government are no longer “separate but equal.” As we see by the take-over of government by … More The Bill of Rights is Missing an Amendment – Another Dred Decision By A Lower Court What Does Free Speech Mean? Among other cherished values, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech. The U.S. Supreme Court often has struggled to determine what exactly constitutes protected speech. The following are examples of speech, both direct (words) and symbolic (actions), that the Court has decided are either entitled to First Amendment protections, or not. The First Amendment states, … More What Does Free Speech Mean? VIDEO Importance of Free Speech on Campus Importance of Free Speech on Campus [Prof. Josh Blackman] This is terrifying. Not only the protest, but the ignorance of these kids toward the rule of law. Regardless of your class or race preferences, the alternative to the rule of law, a truly arbitrary government, is the worst of all worlds. Effingham County, Illinois, Declares Itself a Sanctuary…. for Gun Owners! April 19, 2018 by Bob Adelmann Joe Thoele, an Effingham County, Illinois board member, was tired of his state’s continued assault on the Second Amendment and decided to do something about it. On Monday he persuaded seven of the other eight board members to declare his county a “sanctuary” county, ordering county employees not to … More Effingham County, Illinois, Declares Itself a Sanctuary…. for Gun Owners! Election Law Case: Dr Laura Pressley June 14, 2017 By Bev Harris and and Jim Keller Human beings rely on one another for reality testing. Consensus is sometimes used to imply truth, but consensus is a dubious approach if a result is false. Election results can become false through error, outside “hacking,” or inside manipulation. The Texas legislature addressed election fraud as a … More Election Law Case: Dr Laura Pressley	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4241
__label__cc	0.65815	0.34185	January 1978: Machine Man 1 – In which we learn that Machine Man doesn’t really know what well adjusted means October 29, 2015 April 14, 2017 ~ Munky76 Synopsis: Machine Man #1 was written and drawn by Jack ‘The King’ Kirby, with letters and inks by Mike Royer and opens with Machine Man extending his arm to save a falling hiker. After a false start or two, he saves the man and after telling the hiker’s friends that he tests space age technological marvels, before walking down the cliff using magnetised soles on his feet. At no point, does he mention not being a human being. We then move to a government lab, where Doctor Broadhurst is discussing the failures of the X-Model project to a government official. He talks about the 50 X-models that failed after they suffered mental breakdowns due to their non-human nature, but X- 51 was a success after being treated like a son by psychologist Abel Stack. He was named Aaron and is now walking around, acting and thinking just like one of us. The official points out that the project has been scrapped and that the X-models must be destroyed. An army colonel called Kragg is given the assignment, which he takes with glee, as he lost several men and one eye to the other 50 x-models and wants vengeance against the innocent X-51. In a forest near the cliffs, Machine Man finds a holidaying psychiatrist Peter Spalding, trapped on the road because of a huge tree having fallen. In exchange for a lift, Machine Man lifts the tree out of the way and the two drive on, before Spaling’s on the spot analysis of Machine drives a wedge between them, forcing the two to part ways and Spalding tells him to look him up in Central City. As Machine Man skateboards away, he is tracked and then attacked by the Army as he approaches a neighbourhood. They show no mercy and damage much of Machine Man’s systems and gadgets, forcing him to retreat. With nowhere to turn, Machine Man heads for Central City to meet up with Peter Spalding. Although not keen to befriend a psychiatrist, he realises that he needs help urgently. Notes: This comic showcases much of the flaws of Kirby as a writer, the dialogue is stilted, the plot moves at odd places and the characterisations of the ‘bad guys’ is more than a little cartoonish. There I said it. That said, I loved this comic. Think of your favourite books, films. comics and TV, are they all technically excellent? Chances are no and neither is this, but that doesn’t matter because it also plays to the King’s strengths. The art is dynamic as f#@% and his design of Machine Man is amazing, simple and yet ornate at the same time, Kirby-tech on legs. The dialogue’s oddness plays to the character as well, instead of the calm and dispassionate Vision, or the emotion-less and child-like Data from Star Trek, Machine Man is at times grumpy and downright unpleasant. But sometimes, aren’t we? The selling point of Machine Man isn’t how different he is to us, but how similar he is to us. He’s sitting in a van, getting annoyed by the guy sitting next to him. He’s attacked by the army and fights back. Kirby gives us a character who isn’t a hero, but you’re rooting for him anyway and while the army stuff is a little by the numbers, the high tech action is brilliant. Revelance: This was the one of the last blasts at Marvel for Jack Kirby and soon after the 9th issue, he was gone and the world of comics became a less colourful and exciting place. But I am glad we got this little gem before he went. Next Time: Sweet Christmas, it’s Heroes for Hire ‹ PreviousDecember 1977: Defenders 57 – In which we learns Ms Marvel drives all the guys crazy Next ›February 1978: Power Man & Iron Fist 50- In which we learn that Claremont/Byrne did SO many comics	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4242
__label__wiki	0.801249	0.801249	Retiring pilot promises to serve the Lord in his remaining years 15, September, 2018 (Photo from Totoy Irizari Facebook page) “It’s a pleasure to have you on board. I would like to inform you in my career, this is my last flight here.” These were the words of Rizalino “Totoy” Irizari, the 67 year-old pilot whose retirement speech went viral in Facebook last month. Irizari, who served as a pilot for 48 years, says it is now time for him to spend his remaining years serving the Lord. “You know I missed a lot of Sundays… God bless everyone,” he was quoted saying. The retired pilot also took to social media to express his faith and gratitude. See his heartfelt message below: Irizari’s speech, captured on video by passenger Kathrine Tandingan, was taken during a Cebu Pacific flight bound for Mactan. It was amidst the series of delayed flights caused by a runway closure in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Watch it below: Irizari’s co-pilot, Blue Pingoy – who also took to Facebook to express her appreciation to her captain – says half of Irizari’s years of service was with the Philippine Airforce while the rest was with Cebu Pacific. His retirement day and last operated flight was also reported to coincide a day before his 67th birthday. Text by Aizel Dolom. Subscribe now to My Pope Philippines for your daily dose of inspirational stories! Previous Article The Accidental Artist: Conchitina tells us about her newfound passion Next Article Pope Quiz: Solve the Riddles The Bergoglio Family Kitchen Four Miraculous Events that Occurred in Philippine History	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4243
__label__wiki	0.900507	0.900507	Latest 'Independence Day' News Aladdin Just Beat Independence Day as Will Smith's Highest Grossing Movie Ever Will Smith thanked his fans around the world after Aladdin became the biggest movie of his career over the weekend. Independence Day 2 Prequel Comic Tells Dark Prison Story Titan Comics is planning a Independence Day: Resurgence prequel comic that will bridge the sequel with the original movie. Will Smith Is Back in Talks to Star in Independence Day 2 Director Roland Emmerich confirms that the actor is once again interested in returning to the franchise, and that a meeting is planned. Independence Day 2 Confirms July 2015 Release Date 20th Century Fox sets new dates for X-Men: Days of Future Past, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Assassin's Creed. Independence Day Sequels Will Take Place 20 Years After the Original Director Roland Emmerich reveals that the aliens' journey back to Earth may only take a few weeks for them, but it takes 20 to 25 years for humans. Independence Day 3D Canceled by Fox; Sequels Still in the Works The studio was planning to release the 3D version of Roland Emmerich's classic sci-fi action film on July 3, 2013. Independence Day Sequels May Be Called ID Forever - Part 1 and ID Forever - Part 2 Writer Dean Devlin also reveals both follow-ups will be converted to 3D in post-production. Independence Day 3D Coming to Theaters July of 2013 The studio also locked in release dates for the Untitled X-Men First Class Sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Robopocalypse. Independence Day 2 and 3 Could Happen Without Will Smith The actor is asking $50 million for two back-to-back sequels to be directed by Roland Emmerich. Roland Emmerich to Make Two Independence Day Sequels? The 2012 director reveals plans for two follow-up movies to his 1996 film. Roland Emmerich Discusses Independence Day Sequel The 2012 director reveals a story is in place for a follow-up. Independence Day Lands on Blu-ray Disc December 4 This release contains a commentary track, an Alien Scavenger Hunt game and more! Critics Score Mary McDonnell Independence Day Synopsis Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived; its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4254
__label__wiki	0.760399	0.760399	Posts Tagged ‘Department of Justice’ Obama Executive Order Cannot Legally Enact Rifle-Reporting Law Effort to Bypass Congress Is Illegitimate, Experts Say Similar Laws Have Required Bills, Open Debate, Recorded Votes News Media Asleep at the Wheel, Reporting Without Questioning Firearm Owners Protection Act Bans Such Proposals Altogether Congress Already Rejected Reporting for Long Guns If this stands up, limits on power fall apart — Is that the true goal of Project Gunrunner? The effort by the Obama administration to establish new gun law by executive order is not a legal method for enacting law in the United States, according to Alan Korwin, a national expert on gun law and author of nine books on the subject. Other experts agree that such a measure requires an act of Congress, and cannot legitimately be implemented by executive order, as Mr. Obama is attempting to do. “We already have rapid-reporting requirements for multiple firearm sales, for handguns,” Mr. Korwin notes, “and this required Congress to draft and enact a statute, which became federal law 18 U.S.C. §923(g). It’s not legal to create another similar law for long guns without Congress,” Korwin says. When that law was changed to allow reporting of multiple handgun sales to local authorities, in addition to federal officials, that also required federal law, which was passed as part of the Brady bill. Congress had an opportunity to include long guns in those reporting requirements, and rejected it. Congress is the only entity with legitimate power to change that, Korwin and other experts say. According to knowledgeable observers, a firearms bill like this would not make it through Congress, since the House is firmly in pro-gun-rights Republican hands. This may explain Obama’s effort to sidestep Congress and attempt to enact a gun law by decree instead of due process and open transparent deliberation. “Mr. Obama knows such a bill would have no chance of passage in the current Congress. His attempt to avoid Congress is an affront to all Americans, regardless of where they stand on the gun-rights issue,” said Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America. “Apparently the president is a fan of former Clinton advisor Paul Begala’s approach to government: “Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kinda cool!” A president who attempts to pass laws on his own is dangerous to the nation. “If the administration can get away with this and enact new law without Congress, there is no practical limit on presidential exercise of power, a truly frightening development,” says Philip Van Cleave, a civil-rights activist and president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. “Even attempting to grab such power is a tyrannical act,” Van Cleave says. No justification or rationale is known that would allow such action regarding rifle sales, when the essentially same law for handguns required a bill and proper passage. This goes even one step further than Obama’s federal health care law, which then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said we would have to pass to learn what’s in it. That at least used Congress for an appearance of legitimacy, this bypasses Congress completely. Equal treatment under the law would also be defeated by the move, since the attempt singles out dealers in only four states — California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. One gun dealer, who refused to be identified, pointed out that this will force Mexico’s deadly vicious drug cartels to make their illegal straw purchases in the other 46 states. Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Oklahoma are the next closest states to the Mexican border, and could conceivably see an uptick in the sales Obama claims he is trying to thwart. Those states would be under no obligation to report multiple sales, though licensed dealers are typically vigilant and report sales that seem suspicious, if for no other reason than to protect their licenses to operate. “The whole scheme is preposterous,” says Kim Grady, a board member and national coordinator for Second Amendment Sisters. “Federal agents were the ones smuggling guns into Mexico in the first place, to bolster the numbers Mr. Obama, Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder were loudly promoting to build support for more gun control — even after their numbers were exposed as false,” Ms. Grady notes. “The ATF-managed straw sales were repeatedly reported to ATF officials, who ignored the information. Now dealers will be required to do what they were already doing, to the rogue agency that ignored them? This has nothing to do with gun control, and everything to do with control.” If a new law is needed, Grady said, it’s one to imprison federal agents who cooperate in gun smuggling, not more paperwork for honest and conscientious licensed business people. According to ATF, the new edict will generate 18,000 reports in a year. It is unknown where the staff and money to handle such a load will come from, or how the information will be used. FOPA specifically bans collecting this information in any sort of federal facility. According to Charles Heller, the newly appointed executive director of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, “The ultimate aim of all regulations like the one in this executive order, is to make it so difficult for private citizens to own and shoot a gun, that they no longer bother to do so. This is EXACTLY what the Declaration of Independence, whose anniversary we just celebrated, refers to as ‘sending forth agents to eat out our substance.'” Heller notes that, “In the recent Gunrunner debacle, the Obama administration attempted to pad the statistics of ‘crime guns’ going to Mexico from the U.S. This is a violation of several U.S. laws, committed by law enforcement agents who failed to refuse illegal orders. The solution is simple and straightforward — disarm the agents and decertify the agency as a law enforcement organization. Remove their badges, and give them business cards like any other bureaucrats. Turn them from jack-boots into gumshoes.” According to published reports, Obama promised action on gun restrictions to long-time anti-rights activist Sarah Brady, saying they would come “under the radar,” after he got things properly positioned. It defies imagination to suggest that Project Gunrunner, and the Fast and Furious smuggling crimes were just fronts that had nothing to do with padding the numbers, gun smuggling, or even building political support for gun control. “If that was just a smokescreen, all arranged so Mr. Obama could begin enacting gun law by decree instead of through Congress, now that would be one slick pre-planned political stratagem,” said author Korwin, adding, “I can’t believe he’s that clever, but it sure looks like he’s getting that result.” The NRA has promised a lawsuit to fight the administration’s decree, about the only action short of impeachment that can be taken if a president acts outside the law. That case would be heard in federal courts, which operate under Obama’s Justice Dept. and AG Eric Holder, which have in the past mysteriously dismissed cases they did not like. Voter intimidation by a black panther in Philadelphia, for example, disappeared, even though the club-wielding perp was caught on videotape. As early as Dec. 17, 2010, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reported that an effort was underway to create rifle-reporting requirements: “An editorial in today’s Washington Post discussed the recent decision by ATF to require federally licensed firearms retailers along the Southwest border to report multiple sales, or other dispositions, of most semi-automatic rifles. Specifically this would impact semi-automatic rifles that are larger than .22 caliber, capable of accepting a detachable magazine and are purchased by the same individual within five consecutive business days. “Though the Post supports this ill-advised proposal, it did acknowledge the legitimacy surrounding one of industry’s objections: “When reports of its plan surfaced, the administration came under immediate attack from the gun rights lobby. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms industry trade association, argued that the administration lacked the legal authority to demand data on rifles and shotguns. It has a point: While Congress authorized the ATF to collect information on handgun sales, it declined to extend the requirement to long guns. A court is likely to be asked to decide whether demand letters may be used to shake loose this information …” http://www.nssfblog.com/atf-to-require-multiple-sales-reports-for-long-guns/ NSSF continues to oppose multiple sales reporting of semi-automatic rifles. Such reporting requirements will actually make it more difficult for licensed retailers to help law enforcement as traffickers modify their illegal schemes to circumvent the reporting requirement. Traffickers will go further underground, hiring more people to buy their firearms. This will make it much harder for retailers to identify and report suspicious behavior to law enforcement. http://www.nssfblog.com/more-on-atf-multiple-sales-reporting/ NSSF would also like to remind all members of industry, sportsmen and gun owners to voice their concerns by doing the following: 1. — Call the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulation Affairs, Department of Justice, Desk Officer at (202) 395-6466. 2. — E-mail Barbara A. Terrell, ATF, Firearms Industry Programs Branch at Barbara.Terrell@atf.gov 3. — Call your Senators and Representative: United States Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 The NSSF reports that, “According to ATF, the average age of a firearm recovered in the United States is 11 years old. In Mexico it’s more than 14 years old. This demonstrates that criminals are not using new guns bought from retailers in the states.” Congress, when it enacted multiple sales reporting for handguns, could have required multiple sales of long guns — it specifically chose not to. The Washington Post reported on Dec. 17 of last year that, “The plan (to register rifles) by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revives a proposal that has languished at the Justice Department and in the Obama administration for several months, according to people with knowledge of the proposal… The idea of such a requirement is so controversial to many gun owners that administration officials proceeded cautiously for fear of provoking the National Rifle Association, sources said.” The paper quoted Ted Novin, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, who noted the timing after the election and said, “This is an ill-considered proposal and one that ATF does not have the legal authority to unilaterally impose.” The Post also quoted NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox, “This administration does not have the guts to build a wall (on the border), but they do have the audacity to blame and register gun owners for Mexico’s problems,” Cox said. “NRA supports legitimate efforts to stop criminal activity, but we will not stand idle while our Second Amendment is sacrificed for politics.” The original idea, says the Post, was to label the operation as an emergency, and have ATF issue a “demand letter” to 8,500 dealers in the four border states requiring the new reports to a centralized federal facility. When the NRA got wind of the idea back then, it warned its four million members in a “grassroots alert” that the administration might try to go around Congress to get such a plan enacted as an executive order or rule. “Emergency approval would last six months, after which the requirement would end unless other action were taken, the draft states,” according to the Post. That time is now up and Obama has seen fit to attempt to continue the operation, in defiance of law and with disregard for Congress. http://tinyurl.com/6c37t97 From the Firearm Owners Protection Act 18 USC §926 Rules and regulations “The Attorney General may prescribe only such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter… (3)… No such rule or regulation prescribed after the date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act (1986) may require that records required to be maintained under this chapter or any portion of the contents of such records, be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or any political subdivision thereof, nor that any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions be established.” This is a special report from The Uninvited Ombudsman, Alan Korwin, author of the Page Nine news media watchblog. http://www.gunlaws.com/PageNineIndex.htm Sign up for direct email reports yourself http://www.gunlaws.com We’ve added more than two dozen new books and DVDs to our line: http://www.gunlaws.com/books19Newer.htm “My Parents Open Carry” “Surviving a Massacre, Rampage or Spree Shooting” “Self Defense Laws of all 50 States” “Bomb Jokes at Airports” “After You Shoot: Your gun’s hot. 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__label__wiki	0.714292	0.714292	President Trump Grants Full Pardon for Dwight Hammond (76) and Steven Hammond (49) – Oregon Ranchers… The Last Refuge \| 7/10/2018 \| sundance applekip (Posted by) Level 3 7/11/2018 6:22 AM EST in General Click For Photo: https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/wolverine-banner.jpg The full story behind the Hammond family persecution is Available Here. Back in 2016 in an effort to draw attention to the malicious prosecution of the Hammonds’, three brothers from the Cliven Bundy family and approximately 100/150 armed militia (former U.S. service) took control over the Malheur Wildlife Refuge Headquarters and a standoff took place. Today President Trump grants a pardon for Dwight and Steven Hammond. Hammond family. July - Statement - Press - Secretary - Regarding July 10, 2018 – Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Clemency for Dwight and Steven Hammond: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Grants of Clemency (Full Pardons) for Dwight Lincoln Hammond, Jr., and his son, Steven Hammond. The Hammonds are multi-generation cattle ranchers in Oregon imprisoned in connection with a fire that leaked onto a small portion of neighboring public grazing land. The evidence at trial regarding the Hammonds’ responsibility for the fire was conflicting, and the jury acquitted them on most of the charges. Hammond - Sentencing - Judge - Community - Prison At the Hammond’s original sentencing, the judge noted that they are respected in the community and that imposing the mandatory minimum, 5-year prison sentence would shock the conscience and be grossly disproportionate to the severity of their conduct. As a result, the judge imposed significantly lesser sentences. The previous administration, however, filed an overzealous appeal that resulted in the Hammond’s being sentenced to five years in prison. This was unjust. Here’s the full BACKSTORY as we originally researched, outlined and shared in 2016: HISTORY - Aa - Harney - Basin - Hammond HISTORY: (aa) The Harney Basin (where the Hammond ranch is established) was settled in the 1870’s. The valley was settled by multiple ranchers and was known to have run over 300,000 head of cattle. These ranchers developed a state of the art irrigated system to water the meadows, and it soon became a favorite stopping place for migrating birds on their annual trek north. (ab) In 1908 President Theodor... (Excerpt) Read more at: The Last Refuge Follow the money? By all means. But Bransfield scandal may involve some 'Catholic" issues It’s time for another trip into my... On Prime Day, Muslim workers and activists are organizing against Amazon (RNS) — With Amazon’s flagship sale, known as Prime... 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__label__wiki	0.557549	0.557549	Category Archives: Role of Courts Movement Visions for a Renewed Left Legalism March 5, 2019 By Amna Akbar, Sameer Ashar, and Jocelyn Simonson in Constitutional Political Economy, Role of Courts Tags: social movement 2 Comments Amna Akbar, Sameer Ashar, and Jocelyn Simonson – In this moment of crisis for the rule of law, a number of thinkers on the left have prescribed new strategies for progressives to shift reigning ideas about constitutionalism and the law. Jedediah Purdy, for example, has argued that part of the answer is to “reclaim the Constitution” by articulating visions of how constitutional rules can promote true democracy. In Purdy’s view, strengthening voting rights and the rights of non-citizens, promoting economic citizenship, and reforming the criminal legal system should be central to a left vision of the Constitution. He argues these substantive ideas pose a challenge to the status quo distribution of power, resources, and life chances. Eyeing a different branch of government, Samuel Moyn has urged progressives to resist the “juristocracy” and to shift our vision for change away from the courts and towards legislators at all levels. Moyn bases his analysis on the idea that in the short term, legislatures will be more likely than Trump-appointed judges to enact laws that reduce inequality. Purdy and Moyn generate important insights for left lawyers and social justice activists. But neither identifies where we should look for the substance of left legalist vision, or the process by which we should derive one. How is it that we, as progressives, should generate and evaluate the desired ends of constitutional doctrine or legislative change? Addressing this question is essential for a renewed left legalism of the sort this blog and its community hope to provoke. As we suggested in our prior piece, we believe a left political agenda must be grounded in solidarities with social movement and left organizations, largely outside of formal legal and elite academic spaces. (Willie Forbath, too, recently gestured on this blog at the relationship between social movements, labor, and left legalism.) The prevailing underlying presumption of much legal discourse is that the formulation and interpretation of legal doctrine requires specialized expertise. Past waves of left legalist critique, such as Critical Legal Studies, reflected this traditionally elitist approach to law by remaining confined within elite institutions and purveyed by law professors, sometimes in impenetrable language. Like Purdy and Moyn, we care deeply about democratic engagement, but we believe that the institutional choice between courts and legislatures misses the bigger picture: that a new left legalism should be derived from social movements fighting for justice on the ground. The Constitution and Democratic Insurgency February 20, 2019 By Aziz Rana in Constitutional Political Economy, Racial Capitalism, Role of Courts Tags: constitutional law, democracy 5 Comments One of today’s most urgent questions is how to combine an analysis of capitalism with an analysis of democracy. The rolling socio-economic crises of the last decade, highlighted by the global financial meltdown, have laid bare the extent to which American society is marked by fundamental and irreconcilable conflicts between those enjoying economic power and those subject to the vagaries of the market. At the same time, the constitutional system, plagued by legislative dysfunction and extreme counter-majoritarianism, is incapable of implementing popular policy—let alone resolving endemic collective problems. American capitalism generates profound social and material dispossession, yet American democracy either facilitates these developments or seems helpless to address them. Why is this the case? And to what extent is the existing constitutional order—its basic ideological and institutional terms—at least partly to blame? Since the forging of Cold War liberalism in the mid-twentieth century, elites have offered the same, familiar account—in both electoral politics and in the study of constitutional law—of the relationship between the constitutional order and the economy. The prevailing theory is that the structures of legal-political decision-making do not favor particular social groups. Instead, through an intricate system of checks and balances—overseen by a Supreme Court enjoying powers of judicial review—the constitutional process produces essentially just outcomes while ensuring that no single political or social actor wields overwhelming authority. This structure of constraint substantively pushes decisions away from the extremes of fascism and communism and toward a moderate middle ground of ameliorative reform and steady collective improvement. Although some may be suspicious of the Whiggish story of progress, a bedrock assumption underlying this account has been widely held—even among left-liberal circles. This is the idea that the constitutional structure and its discursive traditions remain essentially agnostic as to existing distributional battles. They can be used productively to pursue virtually any end—up to and including socialism. As the New Deal victories seemed to confirm, constitutional process and language carry no essential theory of political economy. To the extent that legal-political outcomes have remained in line with a vision of market capitalism and a limited welfare state, this is simply the product of popular will: the complex balance of views expressed across the constitutional system. But this account ignores a fundamental critique of the constitutional order, one leveled by labor and black radicalism in the first four decades of the twentieth century before Cold War ideas took such an extreme hold. For those activists, the history of sustained racial, indigenous, gender, and class subordination made clear that the country was not then and had never truly been democratic. Rather, the constitutional order systematically operated to expand the strength of a racial and economic minority. The Curative Power of Law and Political Economy December 11, 2018 By Amy Kapczynski in Public Policy, Role of Courts Tags: economics, health, regulation Amy Kapczynski — Ask not for whom the First Amendment tolls: It tolls for you. Or so I argue in an essay just published at the Columbia Law Review online. It’s called “The Lochnerized First Amendment and the FDA: Toward a More Democratic Political Economy”—a boring title for a vital and urgent problem. Courts, speaking in the name of the First Amendment, are “freeing” us from regulatory approaches that have worked for decades to protect us from snake oil and inform us about the products we put in our bodies. How did we arrive here? And how might democratic prerogatives retain control over the webs of commodity exchange upon which our lives depend? The essay addresses these questions, trying along the way to model how law and political economy analysis can contribute to our understanding. The FDA is a key accomplishment of both the Progressive Era and the New Deal and perhaps the most muscular of all federal agencies. It regulates one-fifth of the consumer economy, and has enjoyed extraordinarily high levels of influence and public trust throughout its long history. This popularity may have something to do with the fact that the FDA gained its powers through successive waves of democratic demand for its intervention when “free markets” proved deadly. (If you don’t know the story of thalidomide, which left a trail of destruction around the world in the 1950s and 1960s, here is a vivid introduction). Perhaps unsurprisingly, the FDA has also been a prime target of neoliberals, who resent its extensive powers. Industry lobbying and sustained criticism from Chicago-school types and have had an impact; several recent laws have weakened the agency. But the respect and support the FDA commands have made legislative assaults challenging. Perhaps that is why industry—and industry funded groups—have invested in the use of the courts to attack its power. What does that attack look like? The cases are astonishing. Some suggest that drug companies have a free speech right to market drugs for unproven uses. These threaten the system that the FDA has used for decades to develop the evidence we need to understand whether drugs work. Nonetheless, citing these cases, the FDA appears poised to substantially deregulate drug marketing. New commercial speech doctrine may also be the demise of a law passed recently to protect consumers from misleading claims about supposedly low-risk tobacco products. E-cigarette companies (mostly backed, apparently, by big tobacco) argue that Congress doesn’t have the power to force them to validate claims that their products are low risk, though we know relatively little about their long-term implications. The logic of these cases could go quite a bit further, even undermining the FDA’s ability to regulate medicines and tobacco altogether. I don’t spell out the many possible implications for food, supplements, and cosmetics, but you can read between the lines. How did this happen? Here’s where law and political economy offers important insights. If we read the cases that build this new commercial speech doctrine, cases like Virginia Pharmacy and IMS v. Sorrell, with the literature on neoliberalism in mind, we see that they have been deeply shaped by market supremacist thinking. They mobilize images of markets, subjects, and the state that are not only contestable, but deeply undemocratic. How we might we best respond to this new and rather ghoulish First Amendment? There are some excellent doctrinal arguments that could bring the courts back from the brink, as I describe in the essay. Importantly, though, these cases should also cause us to rethink our needs for public infrastructure. If courts thrust us into a world with more limited authority over private markets, we must envision a much more substantial role for the public—in this case, for example, by expanding public funding for health research. This approach would sidestep recent court decisions in addition to having far-reaching benefits for health democracy or health justice. It is also an instance of a broader point. By undermining public-oriented regulation of private companies, the advance of market supremacy inside of constitutional doctrine paradoxically pushes the campaign for democratic control up a level. New public infrastructure that displaces or routes around an increasingly ungovernable private sector would, in addition to cutting out the profit-oriented middleman, more easily brush off a Lochnerized First Amendment. The parallels to Medicare For All—spurred on by attacks to the ACA—are easy to see. The piece was a response to the superb conference and volume on “Free Expression in an Age of Inequality” put on recently by Columbia Law School, Columbia Law Review, and the Knight Institute. If you’ve read this far, you’re incurable, and you should also check out the other pieces published as part of the symposium, especially Jed Purdy’s “The Bosses Constitution.” People often ask me for work describing how to “do LPE.” These two pieces provide possible examples. Amy Kapczynski (@akapczynski) is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Majority Leverage Against Minority Rule October 15, 2018 By Joseph Fishkin in Cross Post, Role of Courts 3 Comments Joseph Fishkin — There’s a lot for liberals to despair about these days and the Kavanaugh appointment sharpened several sources of that despair. After such an intensely partisan fight about the Court, and especially after the remarkable, norm-shattering partisan performance of the Justice himself at his final confirmation hearing, some of the liberal worry is inevitably focused on questions about the Supreme Court. Should “we” favor more judicial restraint, more “taking the constitution away from the courts,” more strategies of challenging the Court through politics? These are important questions; there’s much more to say about them. (Indeed I will say more about them, with my coauthor Willy Forbath, as they relate to the project of our book.) But these questions may not be the most urgent ones right now, with an election weeks away. The most urgent ones, I think, have to do with the specter of the possibility that an emerging American majority—racially diverse, young, and well to the left of the current government on both economic and social issues—may face the prospect of living for a considerable period, perhaps much of our lives, under minority rule. “Law is Politics by Other Means?”: In Support of Differentiation October 5, 2018 By Ralf Michaels in Role of Courts 2 Comments Ralf Michaels — The struggle over Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination for the US Supreme Court and the subsequent horrible spectacle of the Senate hearings brought about a “genuine question” by a leading economist, Dani Rodrik: “how do we prevent ‘the Supreme Court has always been political’ argument from morphing into ‘judicial independence and the rule of law are political charades’? Asking for friends in Hungary, Turkey, Poland, etc..” Several authors on this blog (here, here, and here) have given excellent answers to the question, insofar as it affects the United States. They have been less sure, however, about what to do with the perspective of Rodrik’s “friends in Hungary, Turkey, Poland, etc..” No Law Without Politics (No Politics Without Law) October 2, 2018 By Jedediah Purdy in Role of Courts 2 Comments Jedediah Purdy — Judge Brett Kavanaugh, now very close to controlling the decisive vote on the Supreme Court, resembles other candidates for high political office. He has a constituency–the Federalist Society, anti-abortion activists, everyone who hopes to see Obamacare weakened and affirmative action ended–and other constituencies in opposition. Lots of money is being raised and spent for and against his confirmation. He has a set of commitments that are plainly at the center of national controversies–over the issues already mentioned, and also over the role in money in politics, the future of criminal justice and environmental, and no doubt a great more that we may not exactly “know” from his judicial record, but which is pretty confidently inferred from his outlook and affiliations. His confirmation, in other words, is a lot like choosing a senator, except that he’ll be much more powerful than almost any individual senator–and never has to answer to voters, now or in the future. Nonetheless, it has been an article of faith–or at least a relentless rhetorical trope–on both sides of the fight that “politicization” of the judiciary is a kind of corruption and crisis. What distinctive judicial or rule-of-law values draw the line between a court, with or without Judge Kavanaugh, and other aspects of politics? What does it mean to say, as Amy Kapczynski does in her opening post, that courts are political, but not in the same way that politicians are? Amy’s answer is that courts “morph” politics into “universalizing argument,” giving reasons for their decisions that are supposed to apply to everyone, and that this helps to articulate a picture of a political community that is “ours,” that has a “we.” (She disclaims the thought, implicit in some defenses of courts, that there is anything in legality itself that will produce liberal or left-leaning results: procedure and universalizing efforts at neutrality are not, she tells us, independent of visions of justice or the good society.) I think we have to look into the abyss and admit the possibility that politics really does come first, that the question is not for or against politicization, but what kind of politicization. My reflections are meant in a spirit of earnest joint inquiry, and of uncertainty. (As I sometimes feel obliged to say on Twitter, tweets do not imply self-endorsement.) Political Courts and Democratic Politics October 2, 2018 By Sam Moyn in Role of Courts, Uncategorized 3 Comments Samuel Moyn — The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is on the knife’s edge. The stakes are higher than for the confirmation of any American judge in our lifetimes. For that reason alone, it is probably not a good time to stage a general debate whether and in what sense law is something more than politics by other means. But I would conduct it by separating out the sort of high stakes judicial appointments and decisionmaking that has attracted everyone’s interest in the past few weeks. Low stakes judicial decisionmaking is inevitably political too, obviously. Generations of critical work has established that low stakes judicial process is shot through with politics, and generally helps reproduce illicit structures, especially through criminal and private law. But if that debate will always deserve to continue, one can legitimately conclude that high stakes judicial decisionmaking is different. That it is politics by other means is much more straightforward and undeniable, and the primary question is how progressives should think about it. Partisan Warriors and Political Courts October 1, 2018 By Amy Kapczynski in Role of Courts, Uncategorized 7 Comments Thursday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing was a stomach churning, nauseating affair. Christine Blasey Ford laid her life on the tracks, knowing full well that trains delivering important men can rarely be stopped. That was enough, but then came the turn: Brett Kavanaugh, partisan warrior. He tore into Democrats for a process almost entirely dictated by Republicans. He seethed with explosive anger, which he weaponized to advance his own career. He lied and evaded. And walked away somehow having improved his chances of being appointed to the Supreme Court. If “courts are political,” do we have grounds to object to this display? Dani Rodrik asked a similar question on Friday in a broader frame: “How do we prevent ‘the Supreme Court has always been political’ argument from morphing into ‘judicial independence and the rule of law are political charades’? Asking for friends in Hungary, Turkey, Poland, etc.” The question is much deeper, as he rightly points out, than our immediate American fiasco. And it is an urgent one for the LPE crowd, raised up as we were on the insights of legal realism and critical legal studies, yet committed – as we also are – to articulating a set of claims to the right and the good that could help make our democracies more fair and just. In the coming days and weeks, a few of us will offer some ideas on these questions to see where our conversation might lead us. To start us off, I’ll expand a little on the epigrammatic answer I gave to Rodrik: “In a democratic system judges are not political in the way politicians are. They must hear all comers; give reasons; express a universal principle — they morph politics and produce universalizing argument.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4261
__label__cc	0.69916	0.30084	HyFish takes to the sky in Germany Loz Blain Wire frame diagram showing the location of fuel cell, impeller drive and oxygen tank. April 12, 2007 When you're trying to design a more efficient airplane, where do you look for inspiration? Swiss inventor Koni Schafroth looked downward. Underwater, in fact. A scale model of his fuel cell-powered HyFish project, modeled on the shape of the ocean's fastest swimmer, took flight for the first time earlier this month. Although it might be most reminiscent of a manta ray to look at, the HyFish (as well as the battery-powered SmartFish before it) is actually modelled on the shape of the tuna. The fastest fish of them all, the tuna has been clocked at up to 85kmh in the ocean, and its shape also makes it highly manoeverable. Refining fibreglass models that took aerodynamic cues from the tuna, Schafroth spent significant time in wind-tunnel testing with experts at Lausanne's EPFL technical University. They found the models were potentially faster and more efficient than conventional aircraft shapes of comparable size and propulsion. Schafroth settled on a goal of producing a two-seater passenger plane capable of good airspeeds up to 900kmh, with fuel consumption to rival a VW Golf - around 10 litres per 100km. With battery-powered scale models performing impressively in testing as early as 2002, Schafroth looked to secure investment partners. By August 2005, Team Smartfish gained a valuable new member in Ulrich Scheifer, a former aerodynamics expert on BMW's Formula One team. Soon afterwards, Team SmartFish joined forces with the Institute for Technical Thermodynamics of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Stuttgart with the goal of adapting the SmartFish's impeller engine to run on Hydrogen Fuel Cell power. The HyFish project would not only lead to a more efficient aircraft shape, it would now be emission-free. Nineteen months later, the company has released this video of a hydrogen-powered scale model HyFish successfully taking flight. The company's ambitions for the vehicle have now expanded to include the possibility of a 20-seat commercial plane that shares the HyFish's low fuel consumption and leading-edge aerodynamics. So keep your eye on the sky - is it a bird? A plane? It might just be a flying fish. The HyFish preparing for takeoff. The 1.5 metre, 6 kilogram Hyfish. Anatomy of a HyFish The HyFish is presented at Hanover Messe 2006 Sleek, sexy and intended for 900kmh flight. Scale model of the HyFish #EPFL #Personal Flight	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4265
__label__cc	0.618604	0.381396	Phil Proctor and Brad Shreiber Where’s My Fortune Cookie? Blurb 2017 New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in BiographyNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books Network July 13, 2018 Rebekah Buchanan Firesign Theatre co-founder Phil Proctor shares stories from his life and career in his new memoir, Where’s My Fortune Cookie? (Blurb, 2017) co-written with Brad Shreiber. In Where’s My Fortune Cookie? Proctor shares the history of his work with Firesign Theatre and other comedy recordings in addition to his work on stage, film, and television. The book contains over 120 photographs documenting Phil’s life and career. Proctor’s early life as well as his 65-year career is documented in his new memoir that is told through stories of his professional and personal adventures. Proctor documents his experiences and at time psychic connections throughout his extraordinary life. In this podcast, Proctor describes the Firesign Theatre, a comedy group that created counter-culture comedy and records starting in the 1960s. Through this work, the group worked alongside other psychedelic new age artists and activists to make a cultural difference. Firesign Theatre was responsible for reshaping comedy and culture and Phil shares some of these stories in his book. In addition, you can learn more about his book and his work on his new podcast, The Proctor Podcast, where he reads from his book and share his comedy genius with music, audio bytes and sound effects. https://files.newbooksnetwork.com/popculture/052popcultureproctor.mp3	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4266
__label__wiki	0.717751	0.717751	Pop Culture Trends © 2019 AmoMama Media Limited HomeJudge bans family from treating 23-year-old son in induced coma homeopathically Judge bans family from treating 23-year-old son in induced coma homeopathically 11 December 28, 2018 \| by Pedro Marrero A 23-year-old man from Spain entered in a coma following a cardiorespiratory failure mid-surgery, and local justice is forbidding his relatives from treating his condition with alternative medicine. According to a December 27 report from Spanish news outlet El País, a local judge in the country’s capital, Madrid, has banned the family of the patient from giving him a homeopathic treatment. Francisco C.R. suffered complications during an appendicitis intervention and became unresponsive, leaving the medical team no other option but to induce him into a coma and send him to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). When the staff at the Fundación Jiménez Díaz medical center refused to allow his family to administer him with homeopathic substances, the family took the case to court. Read more on our Twitter account @amomama_usa The doctors strongly opposed to the family’s attempts to treat C.R. themselves and denied his relatives access to the ICU, with the National Police being called to the scene and supporting the staff’s decision. The judge has ruled in favor of the hospital, preventing the family from using their alternative choice of treatment for C.R.’s very serious condition. According to the medical journal Health, the debate about the legitimacy of homeopathy is over, and they cite several scientific verdicts to prove this point. The judge considered homeopathic treatment to be "non-curative" and that "it would not help at all" to improve the patient’s health. In turn, the family also reported that the cardiorespiratory arrest was due to the anesthetist's negligence, a fact about which the magistrate did not comment, leaving the door open for the relatives to take the legal actions they deem appropriate. Following the judge’s decision, the family has three days to appeal on the case, and apparently, they are going to try to put on a legal fight in order to do what they think is best for C.R. The scientific community at large has set out to prove on several occasions that homeopathy is not a valid medical treatment, calling it pseudoscience. Mom banned from seeing her dying 2-year-old son now granted permission to enter the U.S. This family is far from the only one involved in a legal battle with the medical establishment over the right to decide how to manage a health condition according to their own terms, convictions, and beliefs. In Long Island, New York, the mother of a 13-year-old with a deadly form of leukemia has taken their case to the Supreme Court in an attempt to halt her child’s chemotherapy treatment, claiming that he is already in remission. The court has denied the family the right to do this, with doctors insisting that the patient needs 40 more months of chemotherapy. The child has stated that he supports his mother’s decision. Family blames Trump's travel ban for delaying mom from seeing dying 2-year-old son News Feb 27, 2019 58-Year-Old Driver Died of Injuries from Car Accident after Officer Signed Form Refusing Treatment World News Feb 18, 2019 23-year-old Latina mom of 3 dies because she reportedly couldn't pay $1 million to be treated Black family terrorized by racist neighbor who allegedly stabbed their dog & made racist threats Beth Chapman’s Children Remember the Wonderful Mother She Was After Memorial Service Darius Brown, 12, Makes Bow Ties for Shelter Pets to Help Them Get Adopted Boxing Legend Pernell Whitaker Dies after Being Hit by Car Basil Zempilas, 'Sunrise' Host, Assumes Duchess Kate Is Pregnant after Her Wimbledon Appearance Donald Trump Tells Four Congresswomen to Return to Their "Broken and Crime Infested" Countries People Jul 16, 2019 Joanna Gaines' 1-Year-Old Son Crew Takes His First Steps in Chip's Instagram Post Royal Jul 13, 2019 Meghan Markle Spotted at Wimbledon with Kate and Pippa Middleton Former Beatles Paul Mccartney and Ringo Starr Reunite at Los Angeles Concert Beth Chapman Eulogized by Husband Duane 'Dog' Chapman at Second Memorial Hundreds of Shoppers Flee from Manchester Shopping Center after Food Court Disturbance Wendy Williams Claims Duchess Meghan Once Tried to Get a Job on Her TV Show Heidi Klum Reportedly Secretly Married Boyfriend Tom Kaulitz 4 Months Ago AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. We believe that every person's story is important as it provides our community with an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging, share their hopes and dreams. © 2019 AmoMama Media Limited Privacy settings	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4267
__label__cc	0.510329	0.489671	Business, Politics June 15, 2019 How Media Reforms Can Help Turn Zimbabwe’s Economy Around – Hopewell Chin’ono In an opinion piece posted today on Nehanda Radio, prominent journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono writes about how media reforms can help turn the Zimbabwe economy around. The article itself is political reforms and the writer ties the media reforms into this wider subject. Imagine what it would do to our economy and international relations if President Mnangagwa repealed repressive laws such as AIPPA & POSA and replaced them with progressive laws that will enhance and encourage media businesses to thrive. This is good for Zimbabweans and not just for outsiders as some Ghost accounts run by Taurai Chinyamakobvu on Twitter comically peddle daily. A Zimbabwe with civilized laws and a Zimbabwe that allows its citizens to have modern platforms such as television stations to communicate and showcase their art will thrive economically, because media is a business and not just crude propaganda outlets such as ZBC and the Herald. When I talk about Media Reforms being necessary, I am not talking about ZBC News and all that stuff that sends shivers down the spines of ZANUPF spin-doctors like George Charamba, Regime Associates, Apologists and party political Sycophants. I am talking about a proper business and prosperity effect that such media reforms and subsequent media businesses would bring to our broken and battered economy! The political principals do not properly understand this because they take advice on such technical issues from people pushing personal agendas such as Charamba. These folks thrive in a divisive world and they hate harmonious engagements because they takes away their power to be consulted by the Presidency. They hate new ideas that can make them politically irrelevant and they will doggedly fight to block any progressive ideas. Moving on, I have always reminded folks about a fascinating piece of historical African broadcasting reality. Zimbabwe and Nigeria were the only two countries in Sub Saharan Africa with a television station in 1960, the only two countries before even South Africa which only got its first television station sixteen years after Zimbabwe. Today Nigeria, which pioneered television alongside Zimbabwe, has 113 television stations and a billion dollar Nollywood film industry that came out of that progressive investment. Today Nollywood pays taxes to the State and directly employs millions of people who also pay taxes that help in funding social services in Nigeria. Having broadcasting plurality or more television stations has allowed Nigerian filmmakers, content producers and the art industry in general to have platforms where they can showcase their products commercially. Today that is not possible in Zimbabwe because we only have one television station that is owned by the State, and also because the ZANUPF government refuses to give television and radio licenses to genuine professionals in the media industry. This is because they are ignorant of the fact that television is not just about news and crude propaganda, it is also about fashion, it is also about wildlife, it is also about sport, it is also about music, it is also about business an markets, it is also about agriculture and the list goes on! That revenue that is being lost from lack of a prosperous media industry would have made the cost of your bread and fuel much cheaper because of the taxes collected from the media industry. Today the government collects the bulk of money in every litre of your fuel sold because it has a very limited tax base to collect from. We have compatriots like Chipo Chung and Danai Gurira who have made it at the highest global film platforms including Hollywood, and yet because of our backward approach towards television and media businesses, we are not getting a single penny from their successes, it is other countries that are eating off that success on our behalf. Sad and pathetic but that is where we are at the moment courtesy of our toxic political environment driven by corruption, incompetence, nepotism and gross mismanagement. If the media industry were allowed to thrive, the government would have lowered bread taxes that make it expensive for us to have breakfast in the morning, and it would have also lowered the taxes that have turned tea at 10AM and at 4PM into a luxury pursuit. Chipo ChungDanai GuriraHopewell Chin'ono Chipo Chung is a prominent Zimbabwean actress based in London who has featured in many global television movies and shows such as Sherlock and Doctor Who and A.D. The Bible Continuesin which she played the role of Mary Magdalene. In 2017 she narrated for the... Read More About Chipo Chung Danai Gurira is an actress, playwright and a producer who is based in the United State of America (USA) who rose to fame in 2004 when she starred in a drama series Law and Order: Criminal Intent. From then onwards, Danai has been a force... Read More About Danai Gurira Hopewell Chin'ono is a Zimbabwean journalist and documentary film maker. He has won numerous awards in journalism and has worked in both print and broadcasting journalism.Hopewell did a fellowship at Harvard as part of winning the CNN African journalist of the year. 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__label__wiki	0.978871	0.978871	Susie Goodall: Race to rescue British yachtswoman stranded after boat 'destroyed' in storm Susie Goodall was 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn in the southern Pacific Ocean when she lost her mast during a "ferocious" storm. Thursday 6 December 2018 11:54, UK Image: Susie Goodall is waiting to be rescued in the southern Pacific Ocean British yachtswoman Susie Goodall must wait until Friday to be rescued after her boat was "destroyed" while she competed in a 30,000-mile round-the-world race. The 29-year-old was about 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn in the southern Pacific Ocean when she lost her mast during a "ferocious" storm. She was lying in fourth place in the Golden Globe Race when 60-knot winds and "massive seas" damaged her Rustler 36 yacht DHL Starlight on Wednesday. She said she was "thrown across the cabin and was knocked out for a while". Goodall, from Falmouth in Cornwall, tweeted the boat was "unbelievably roly" and she was "totally and utterly gutted". She later added: "This motion is just horrible! Clinging on in my bunk." "In need of a good cuppa tea! But sadly no cooker." Iran 'may have seized' oil tanker that went off radar at weekend Mumbai building collapse: Four dead and more than 30 feared trapped UK to send third major warship to Gulf amid Iran tensions Fresh Island festival fire: Britons among thousands caught up in Croatia blaze Apollo 11 moon landing mission as it happened in 1969 Image: Goodall was lying in fourth place when 60-knot winds and 'massive seas' damaged her yacht. File pic A distress signal from her yacht was first picked up by the Falmouth coastguard. They alerted race control and the Chilean maritime search and rescue authorities who are responsible for that sector of the Pacific. The authorities have contacted a ship 480 miles south-west of Goodall's position and asked for help. The crew expects to reach the area on Friday. Goodall has been contacted on her emergency satellite phone by race officials who said she was "safe and secure onboard". She said: "I have been dismasted. Thought I had holed the hull because the boat filled with water, but the hull is not holed. The hull is OK. More than 100,000 people have signed the petition - have you? "The boat is destroyed. I can't make up a jury rig. The only thing left is the hull and deck which remain intact. "We were pitchpoled [rolled end over end] and I was thrown across the cabin and knocked out for a while." Goodall is the youngest and only female competitor taking part in the non-stop around the world yacht race, which sees competitors sail single-handedly, abandoning any form of modern technology or satellite navigation equipment. Competitors set off from France on 1 July and it is expected to take around nine months to complete. The last time the race took place was in 1968. Sir Robin Knox Johnston was the only person to finish back then. Eighteen sailors took part in this year's 30,000-mile race. But more than half of the competitors have now dropped out, with many being dismasted.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4269
__label__wiki	0.564437	0.564437	The Superbowl and vocation The Superbowl is this weekend, time for the obligatory polls about whether or not God gets involved in the outcome of sporting events. One-quarter of Americans believe that he does. About a half believe that God rewards faithful athletes with health and success. Certainly, the easy answer is that of course God doesn’t care about a sporting event because He has much more important things to do. But if God attends to the fall of a sparrow, why wouldn’t He attend to the fall of a pigskin? The real .. The anti-Trump “resistance” French Resistance fighters, 1944 Democrats have gone into full resistance mode, with Democratic Senators boycotting confirmation hearings to prevent a vote on President Trump’s candidates. (Republicans suspended the rules and approved Treasury Secretary candidate Steven Mnuchin and HHS Secretary candidate Tom Price anyway. See this.) Meanwhile, a self-described “alternative left” has emerged that is pressuring Democratic elected officials not to co-operate with the Republicans. Notice how the us.. Trump’s Supreme Court nominee President Donald Trump has nominated Colorado appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Antonin Scalia. Reportedly, Judge Gorsuch is from that same mold: eloquent, learned, articulate, and an “originalist” when it comes to interpreting the Constitution. He is the author of a book against euthanasia and supported Hobby Lobby in its suit against the Obamacare birth control mandate. An Anglican, he would be the only Protestant on the bench, joining the 5 Ca.. “Pregnant people” The British Medical Association has issued guidelines saying that to avoid offending the transgendered, health workers should not refer to “pregnant women.” Rather, say, “pregnant people.” After all, a biological female–no, that wording is forbidden too; we must say “assigned female”–who identifies as a man can have a baby. And since we must go by self-identification, that means that men can be pregnant. The Transgender movement has at least destroyed feminism. Now that men can claim the identit.. C. S. Lewis, atheist C. S. Lewis, one of the foremost Christian apologists, had been for 15 years a convinced and rather militant atheist. My friend and former colleague Joel Heck has written a splendid study of Lewis’s atheism, published by Concordia Publishing House: From Atheism to Christianity: The Story of C. S. Lewis There are many kinds of atheism, just like there are many kinds of Christianity, and Joel unpacks the influences, books, and ideas that defined Lewis’s particular variety of unbelief. In tracing L.. The three causes of war The great Athenian historian Thucydides said that there are three causes of war: (1) honor (2) fear (3) national interest. Jonah Goldberg discusses those factors and cites modern historian Donald Kagan, who says that honor comes first as the reason why a nation goes to war. That motive is far more common, he says, than national interest. World War I was surely caused by many nations’ sense of honor. World War II was caused by Germany and Japan’s radical sense of national pride and the honor (and.. Immigration chaos President Trump’s executive order blocking entry into the United States of citizens of seven nations has created chaos at airports around the world, as Iraqis with green cards, visas, and airplane tickets were suddenly not allowed to get on flights or to go through passport controls, leading to people being trapped in airports and demonstrations breaking out worldwide. The chaos also broke out within our government: The acting attorney general said the Justice Department will not defend the pres.. LCMS president on immigration issues Cuban immigrants head to Ysleta Lutheran Mission in El Paso When it comes to immigration issues, there is the obligation of the State to enforce the law. But, for the Church, there is also the obligation to minister to those in need. Now that President Trump is cracking down on immigration–rightly so, many of us would say–our Lutheran Hispanic congregations and our various Hispanic ministries are dealing with a sense of panic and insecurity among many of those to whom they are ministering. LCMS .. The new culture war The old culture war was about morality and was informed by religion. The new culture war, signaled by the election of Donald Trump, is about nationalism vs. multiculturalism and “the people” vs. the elites. Trump has little interest in the old culture wars, with the important exception of being pro-life. But the new culture war is just as emotional, with pretty much the same people on either side. So says Rich Lowry in a piece excerpted and linked after the jump. So where does that leave Christi.. Marching for Life is getting somewhere Today is the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., where thousands of pro-lifers will commemorate the Roe v. Wade decision on January 22, 1973, by demonstrating against abortion and for the sanctity of life. We’ll see if this mass demonstration gets as much media coverage as the recent Women’s March, which specifically excluded pro-life women. I suspect not. But the pro-life cause is making progress. Abortion rates have dropped below the level they were before Roe v. Wade. (That ruling lega.. Why, if It Is for Me? – Mark 14:6 10/10/2016 One Million Moms Slams New Show ‘Impastor’ for Promoting ‘Lies About Christianity’ 08/10/2016 Philosophy degree approved by SWBTS trustees 23/10/2016 Eight Reasons Many Bible Belt Churches Are In Trouble 03/11/2016 Spirit Inspired Songs (Aug 3rd) 03/08/2016	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4270
__label__cc	0.681362	0.318638	Americans are not doing well at saving for retirement — and it’s only going to get worse Alessandra Malito Many Americans haven’t saved as much money as they need for retirement — and the gap is expected to widen dramatically in the next 30 years. The retirement savings gap — between what people have and should have — was $28 trillion in the U.S. in 2015, but by 2050, it’s expected to swell to $137 trillion, according to the World Economic Forum, a Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland-based nonprofit that researched international financial affairs. The organization calculated this gap assuming most individuals’ retirement income sources would include a combination of government-provided pensions (such as Social Security), employer pensions in the public or private workforce and individual savings. Don't Let the Kids Wreck Retirement 401(k) retirees won’t buy annuities unless they are better designed How do I calculate my Social Security break-even age? To boo or not to boo? Ryan Howard sends a mixed message in retirement ceremony speech Five ways life insurance can help you in retirement Southwest and Boeing had a 'reckless, greedy conspiracy' to keep the 737 Max flying despite knowing about its flaws, a new lawsuit alleges Alleged victims confront Jeffrey Epstein in court ABC News Videos	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4271
__label__cc	0.52098	0.47902	Take Some Time at the Holidays to Talk To Congress About Trump & Highway Trust Fund December 9, 2016 \| Legislative By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA The U.S. House of Representatives has adjourned, and Senate was wrapping up last-minute business for the year as Washington Newsline published late afternoon Dec. 9. Congress is scheduled to reconvene again in early January. ARTBA is encouraging its membership to reach out to their congressmen and senators while they are back home and visit with them about a host of unresolved transportation policy issues. First, thank them for the Dec. 2015 passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, but explain that the job’s not close to being done. Before adjourning, Congress passed a government-wide spending proposal that would delay roughly $1.5 billion in highway and public transportation investment increases until at least seven months into FY 2017. The proposal would hold virtually all federal programs at the FY 2016 level through the end of April. Convey that you expect Congress to live up to letter of the FAST Act law and restore those funding levels next year. Second, ask them to play a leadership role in fixing the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and doing so in a manner that will support growing highway and public transportation investment. Simply maintaining the status quo, as Congress has done in the last two bills, will not create jobs or boost the U.S. economy. Third, tell them they will have an opportunity to deliver permanent transportation revenue reform as part of either of any final tax package or infrastructure initiative that goes to President Trump in 2017. Both vehicles are appropriate for fixing the HTF shortfall once and for all and providing the expanded investment necessary to support President Trump’s spot-on vision for doing what is necessary to upgrade our commerce-critical transportation corridors. Face-to-face contact with elected officials during a holiday party or town hall meeting is the best way to discuss these issues, when possible. You can also take action through ARTBA’s Grassroots Action Center, which will automatically send an email message, a tweet and Facebook post, to your representative and two senators. Together, let’s turn up the heat on Congress this holiday season!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4274
__label__cc	0.730728	0.269272	Protecting the Green Belt in Belper 27th March 2019 Admin 8 Comments Green Belt Policy was established in 1955 primarily to stop urban sprawl and to permanently protect belts of open land. It serves 5 purposes: to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built up areas to prevent neighbouring towns merging into one another to assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment to preserve the setting and special character of historic towns to assist in urban regeneration, by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land The Green Belt is positive planning, and protects countryside which is nearby for 30 million people. The protection gives us 29,000 kilometres of public rights of way, woodlands and nature reserves. Green Belt land is a scarce resource and it is afforded protection by the National Planning Policy Framework –Chapter 13. Two thirds of all green belt land is in agricultural use, and this is a vital economic resource for food security and soil protection. This has to be of high environmental value when global population growth and climate change are putting increasing pressure on land, at a time when we grow less than two thirds of our own food. Now more than ever we need to avoid unnecessarily losing our countryside. The solution is the redevelopment of brownfield sites, which should have greater focus in decision making. The Campaign to Protect Rural England reports that there are enough brownfield sites to accommodate at least 1 million homes. Amber Valley Borough Council has not completed a brownfield survey which should have been the first step. A core planning principle is to ‘encourage the effective use of land by reusing land that has previously been developed. Most of this land is in urban areas close to jobs, roads and amenities. The revised National Planning Policy Framework states that the exceptional circumstances needed to change Green Belt boundaries can only arise once Councils have considered all other options, including using brownfield sites, these considerations have not happened. I specifically want to talk about the recommendation to delete land from the Green Belt on Far Laund in Belper, which is in my ward, Belper East. The proposal would result in unrestricted development in the open countryside and would undoubtedly narrow the gap between Belper and Heage which both have individual and special characters. This site is currently in agricultural use. The suggestion that the site is readily accessible to local services is farcical. It is half a mile to the nearest shop, a mile to the nearest secondary school and one and a half miles to medical centres, dentists etc. 345 houses on this site where it is so far from services would have a considerable impact on traffic issues. The site includes Coppice Brook, which rises in Ripley, flowing under the A38 highway into the Far Laund area of Belper, and then to the Parks. The brook originates from spring water and surface rain water, the underlying rock being millstone grit. The water flows out of the Parks and follows a course along the back of Brookside before entering culverts under the main Derby to Sheffield railway line and the A6 roadway, before emptying into the River Derwent. This brook should be protected and enhanced through active management rather than built around. It is an amazing natural brook where water voles have been recorded recently, and there are also records of sticklebacks further upstream. The site also has numerous footpaths crossing through, which are regularly used, and connects Far Laund with Whitemoor. The Green Belt is our countryside next door, its fresh air and open spaces make it fundamental to our physical health and mental well being. Swallowing up farm land and wildlife habitats increases pollution, flood risk and car dependency. I voted in Full Council on 4th March, against the proposed amendments to the existing Green Belt boundary to delete any land from the Green Belt, as did all my Labour colleagues. We are now in a six week consultation period regarding the Local Plan. It is crucial that everyone who wants to protect our Green Belt, uses this opportunity to object. The proposed changes to the Submission Local Plan have been published for public consultation until 4:30pm on Tuesday 30 April 2019. You can find all of the documents on the AVBC website. You can lodge objections through the consultation form HERE By Fay Atkinson Belper East Labour Councillor Amber Valley Borough Council ← Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Secures Funding For Two Sites Knife Amnesty a Success in Derbyshire → 8 thoughts on “Protecting the Green Belt in Belper” Graham Bartram Very factual artical Fay, I live on Chesterfield Rd and the excess traffic will have a massive impact on us. You have my support. Kieran H Which brownfield sites are proposed as an alternative within in Amber Valley? Isn’t the issue here that thus far not enough alternative sites have been identified to build upon within Amber Valley to meet Central Government targets and there’s a risk that local government will lose control over where to build if targets are not met? Hence moving to identify deletable Greenfield after attempts to identify other sites have fallen over; contaminated brownfield for example. Wouldn’t any council that loses control of planning be looked on very negatively, whatever the flavour? people complain that there are not enough housing, so OK, we will build more, but then people complain “oh u cannot build there or here”, can’t win can you, THINK where your kids will be living and grand kids be living when there is no housing all because of their great grand parents were complaining all the time!!! well looks like your future kids and grand kids will be homeless!!!!! this is the 21st century, move on and stop moaning, the UK is so behind compared to the rest of the world, we are no longer back the in 19th or 20th century, this is the new 21st century, face up to reality!!!!! John Kindred Just think of all the brownfield sites around this area. Derwent Street in Belper and the old Butterley site in Ripley just to name two. The way developers squash houses in these days they’d get about 300 on the old Butterley site. Leave Bessalone Hill alone – it has a lot of history and folklore attached to it and if any development took place here it would almost join Belper and Heage. I know that we are in the 21st century, but that’s no excuse for destroying our countryside and wildlife – a lot of which is protected. I’ll bet a pound to a penny that also there are a lot of empty homes that could be renovated. I’m not moaning – THIS is reality!! I never thought that I’d say it, but the Tories have to go in our area. I totally agree, we need more housing to sustain the growing population for the 21st century, how are we going to sustain this if people keeping moaning and complaining and objecting to sites being built to house the population, unless people stop complaining and moaning about the government and council not doing enough to tackle the problem, its the other way round, its minor majority who is tackling the government and council not to build, and yet its the same ones that are complaining there is a housing shortage crisis. Cllr maurice neville - Belper Central AVBC The Greenbelt is an agreed area of land which is to be protected for the good of all of us and future generations. It has nothing whatever to do with preventing more housing if needed. Please will those who think this is just about ‘not in my back yard’ follow this link and read about why the Greenbelt is so important. https://www.cpre.org.uk/magazine/opinion/item/4820-why-people-need-the-green-belt Where are my posts? 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__label__wiki	0.517467	0.517467	St. Helena Star The Weekly Calistogan American Canyon Eagle St. Helena, CA (94574) Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 93F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph.. Mostly clear. Low around 55F. SSW winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to less than 5 mph. In 2018, the Napa Valley welcomed 3.85 million visitors, who spent $2.23 billion and provided $85.1 million in taxes to local government. Register file photo Report says tourism has a powerful impact on the Napa County economy JENNIFER HUFFMAN jhuffman@napanews.com Jennifer Huffman Anyone who’s visited the Oxbow Public Market on a weekend or downtown Napa on a Friday night can attest to the number of tourists making Napa a destination. The statistics back it up. In 2018, the Napa Valley welcomed 3.85 million visitors who spent $2.23 billion, said a new report from Visit Napa Valley. To compare, the 2016 report said visitors spent $1.9 billion in Napa Valley. On Friday, Visit Napa Valley released the 2018 Napa Valley Visitor Industry Economic Impact and Visitor Profile reports, with results of a yearlong research study conducted by Destination Analysts. According to Visit Napa Valley, nearly 70 percent of the $2.23 billion is generated from overnight hotel guests, who spent an average of $446 in Napa County per guest, per day. The $2.23 billion spent in 2018 represents $85.1 million in tax benefit to residents, said the report. Taxes generated by the visitor industry include revenues from the transient occupancy tax (TOT), sales taxes and property and transfer taxes paid on lodging facilities. The tourism industry remains the second largest employer in Napa County (after the wine industry), supporting the livelihood of an estimated 15,872 people in the community, with a combined payroll of $492 million, said the report. “The tourism industry continues to provide a significant positive impact to Napa Valley’s economy, while also supporting local initiatives essential to the well-being of our community,” said Linsey Gallagher, the new president and CEO for Visit Napa Valley. “As residents, we sometimes overlook the ancillary benefits that visitor spending achieves. Napa Valley’s healthy and vibrant tourism industry contributes to the quality of life that we are so fortunate to enjoy. We live and work in one of the most desirable destinations in the world.” Direct visitor spending within Napa County increased 15.4 percent since 2016, outpacing visitor growth of 8.9 percent in the same time period, said the report. “Our goal is to maintain and increase travel and spending in the Napa Valley during non‐peak time periods, including November through April (Cabernet Season) and midweek, Sunday through Thursday nights,” said Gallagher. The city of Napa generated more than $21.6 million in TOT in 2018 followed by $6.9 million in Yountville, $3 million in St. Helena, $6.2 million in Calistoga and more than $1.5 million in American Canyon. “Revenue from tourism allows local government to invest in services and programs that benefit all residents, including infrastructure improvements, civic amenities and public safety,” said Gallagher. “Additionally, tourism creates demand for a diverse range of goods, services, and cultural programs that are available for both residents and visitors to enjoy,” she said. In 2018, Visit Napa Valley “rallied the support of the hospitality industry and other leaders” to pass a voter supported 1 percent increase in TOT for a special fund dedicated to workforce housing in five out of six jurisdictions. Approximately $5 million will be collected annually to promote future housing development for residents, said Visit Napa Valley. Napa Valley’s second largest industry In 2018, tourism put an estimated 15,872 people to work in the community providing a combined payroll of $492 million to support their families, reported the data. This represents an employment increase of 18.1 percent from 2016 and a 27.2 percent increase in combined payroll in 2016. Not surprisingly, the majority of hospitality jobs are related to either restaurants or hotels. Since the last survey in 2016, three hotels - Las Alcobas, Vista Collina and Archer Hotel Napa - opened, along with four smaller inns with 10 rooms or less. Overnight guests versus 'day trippers' More than one-third, or 35.5 percent, of visitors in 2018 stayed overnight in the Napa Valley, while the remaining 64.5 percent were on day trips. In total, 80.7 percent of overnight visitors stayed in a hotel within Napa Valley and 12.4 percent stayed in a private residence. Compared to the 2016 study, overnight visitation grew 13.7 percent in 2018 with day trip visitation growing 5.3 percent, “supporting Visit Napa Valley’s mission to inspire visitors to extend their stay by experiencing the valley’s more than 125 hotels, motels, and inns,” said the release. Hotel guests in 2018 were responsible for $1.55 billion in direct visitor spending, or an average of $446 per person, per day, compared to an average of $170 per person, per day spent by day-trippers. This represents a 15.4 percent increase in spending from 2016. The largest proportion of day trip visitors originated their trip from San Francisco, followed by Vallejo-Fairfield, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Sacramento. How much visitors spend The largest component of visitor spending in 2018 was on retail, which accounted for 40 percent of all spending, or $746 million, reported Visit Napa Valley. The second and third largest components of Napa Valley visitor spending included restaurants at $479 million and lodging at $476 million. Group meetings, weddings, and social events generated $267 million in direct spending in Napa Valley. How often they come back The Napa Valley draws a substantial amount of repeat visitation, with the average visitor in 2018 making 3.6 trips to the Napa Valley in the past twelve months (compared with 2.9 trips in 2016). In total, 88.1 percent of respondents said that they were very likely or likely to return to the Napa Valley. Why they visit Visitors stated the primary reason for visiting the Napa Valley was for a getaway or vacation, representing 71.8 percent of all visitors. Wedding or special events represented 11.3 percent of visitors and a conference or business travel represented 5.8 percent of visitors. Subscribe to Breaking News Get the latest local and national breaking news delivered to your inbox. Napa Valley tourism facts • Visitation in Napa Valley grew an average of 4.45 percent per year since 2016, with 3.85 million visitors to the Napa Valley in 2018. • The ratio of domestic to international visitors held steady in 2018, with 80.8 percent arriving from within the United States and 19.2 percent international visitors. • Repeat visitors accounted for 51.4 percent, with 48.6 percent as “first time” visitors. • The average travel party consisted of 4.4 people who spent an average of $492.93 per trip day in the area, with the bulk of spending attributed to restaurants ($118.08) and wine purchases at wineries ($85.93). • The average age of the Napa Valley visitor in 2018 was 46, with the largest category (27.3 percent) falling into the 20 – 34 range. Lodging guests were typically older (48.6 years) than day trip visitors (44.7 years). • Napa Valley visitors are an affluent group with a mean annual household income of $170,595. • Napa Valley visitors are well educated, with 43 percent having a bachelor’s degree and 29 percent completing graduate school. Source: Visit Napa Valley St. Helena's Coldwell Banker office receives awards For the 25th year, Coldwell Banker Brokers of the Valley has received the Chairman’s Circle Award, awarded to only 57 Coldwell Banker companie… Local-places Napa Valley Tourism Napa Valley Economy Napa Valley Visitor California Wine Linsey Gallagher Napa Valley Travel Napa Wine Napa Winery Touristic Facilities Visit Napa Valley Jennifer Huffman is the business editor and a general assignment reporter for the Napa Valley Register. I cover a wide variety of topics for the newspaper. I've been with the Register since 2005. 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__label__wiki	0.975286	0.975286	Police had previously responded to Bills star's home FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2017, file photo, Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy talks to reporters after an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, in Orchard Park, N.Y. McCoy says an allegation posted on social media accusing him of bloodying his former girlfriend's face is baseless and false. An Instagram post Tuesday, July 10, 2018, from a person who says she is friends with the woman showed a graphic photo of the former girlfriend and accuses McCoy of physically abusing her, his son and his dog, as well as injecting steroids.Adrian Kraus / AP Kate Brumback PMN Football ATLANTA — Police responded to several nonviolent disputes at the home where Buffalo Bills star LeSean McCoy was attempting to evict his former girlfriend before an unidentified man bloodied the 34-year-old woman in a home invasion, according to reports released Thursday. Police responded early Tuesday to the home in Milton, just outside Atlanta, after McCoy’s ex-girlfriend Delicia Cordon called 911. The reports from Milton police show that officers had previously been called to the home in July 2017 and in April and June of this year, but no violence was reported during any of those incidents. In a recording released Thursday of Cordon’s 911 call she can be heard describing her alleged attacker to a dispatcher and saying she believed the attack was connected with her ex-boyfriend. “My face is demolished right now,” Cordon said during the call. A man entered the home around 3 a.m. Tuesday and demanded specific pieces of jewelry that McCoy had given to Cordon and that he had asked her to give back many times, Cordon’s lawyer Tanya Mitchell Graham said in an emailed statement Tuesday. McCoy had often suggested to Cordon that she “could be robbed because the jewelry was expensive,” the statement said. The man tried to take bracelets from her wrist, leaving bruises, and hit her in the face multiple times with a gun, the lawyer said. Cordon’s cousin was also hurt when she was hit in the back of the head. “He just kept asking for jewelry. I think it’s got something to do with my ex-boyfriend because my ex-boyfriend and I are,” Cordon said before being cut off by the dispatcher asking if she needed medical help. McCoy, who turned 30 on Thursday, is preparing to enter his fourth season with the Bills. He spent his first six seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he led the NFL in yards rushing in 2013 before being traded to Buffalo in 2015. He took to social media Tuesday to deny a wide range of allegations posted earlier in the day by a woman who appeared to be friends with Cordon, accusing him of hurting his former girlfriend. McCoy has since hired prominent Atlanta criminal defence attorney Don Samuel. Fulton County Magistrate Court records show that McCoy initiated eviction proceedings against Cordon on July 3, 2017, saying that the pair were no longer in a relationship. Court records show two attempts to serve Cordon with the document but no other action. That evening, police responded to a report of a domestic dispute at the home, according to a police report. Cordon wasn’t there when officers got there, but they spoke to McCoy, who told them he and Cordon had broken up and had been having issues. Cordon had had been accusing him of cheating on her and had posted on social media about that and their breakup, McCoy told police. He also said Cordon had failed to return jewelry lent to them by jewelers for events despite multiple requests. He told police he had started eviction proceedings against Cordon and was trying “to be very careful about being around her given the climate of domestic abuse in his profession.” He told police he would bring Cordon’s things, which were piled on the driveway, back inside. Cordon came home while police were there and also told officers the relationship was over. She said she had nowhere else to go and would be staying at the home. Shortly before midnight April 11, police again responded to a domestic dispute at the home. Dispatchers reported that “the callers had everything worked out, but it sounded a little heated over the phone,” a police report says. McCoy and Cordon separately told an officer they had worked everything out and the argument hadn’t been physical. Cordon told the officer she had called because McCoy was moving some furniture out of the house that she wanted to keep. Cordon called police from Virginia on June 1 to say she saw people removing things from the home through security cameras that she could monitor on her cellphone, a police report says. McCoy was also out of town. When police arrived, they spoke to McCoy’s mother who said her son was moving out and had asked her to get his stuff so he wouldn’t have to deal with Cordon, the report says. She said McCoy had said Cordon could stay in the house until it sold since she had two small children, but that he wanted his things. Police said any disputes over belongings would have to be resolved in court, and movers left with just McCoy’s clothing and shoes, the report says. McCoy’s friend, Tamarcus Porter, filed eviction proceedings against Cordon on McCoy’s behalf on June 6. In a court filing challenging the eviction proceedings, Cordon’s attorney said Cordon and McCoy had discussed marriage over Memorial Day weekend and that McCoy gave Cordon “a substantial gift” on May 29. A hearing on the eviction proceedings is planned for a later date. For more AP NFL coverage: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP–NFL	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4277
__label__wiki	0.732652	0.732652	Counts of the Tribes and Bands of the Kalapuyans to 1856 Posted on May 13, 2019 by Ethnohistory Research, LLC \| David G. Lewis, PhD Most estimates suggest that there were 19 tribes and bands of the Kalapuyans. This estimate was made in the early 20th century and does not really address the complexity of counting tribes and bands. In the 1850s there were probably less than 19 due to amalgamation of communities because of a huge reduction of populations from disease and settlers pushing tribes into smaller areas. The 19 tribes and bands estimated likely relates to the period from 1805 to 1835 when the Kalapuyans maintained their original village structure before the full effects of diseases were felt. Boyd and other scholars have suggested that Malaria was the main disease from 1829 to 1835. I have also written elsewhere that Malaria may have been to most likely culprit of the epidemics of the 1830s, but we have yet to address the issues of secondary illnesses caused by malaria and other illnesses that are less recorded. The initial illnesses could be survived, but people have compromised systems, and would get secondary bronchitis or pneumonia and easily died from these illnesses. There is another theory advanced by scholars that suggest that there was a large extermination attempt in northwestern Oregon, but there is no evidence for extermination by the fur traders from Fort Vancouver or later settler folks from the 1820s to the 1840s. There were a few conflicts, but they did not amount to extermination. Previous to 1805 there is theorized a high probably of disease, like smallpox among the tribes of the region, as there were signs on Chinookans on the Columbia and other evidence. The Kalapuyans likely felt the effects of a smallpox epidemic in 1782 (Zenk 1976:9), suggesting that there may have been many more Kalapuyans bands and people, previous to smallpox. The next period in reverse chronology would be previous to the 1770s, when the tribes lived in their traditional state, without much in the way of change brought by Europeans. In this period, the tribes felt the impact of the horse, theorized to have reached the region in around 1700. The tribes would have also had stories and rare products from the east. Products like guns and metal knives, fabrics, and glass beads etc, would have passed through native trade networks to the Northwest Coast. There are as well stories also of white people coming westward, and such stories are buried in many tribal “texts” of folklore and Tribal Oral Histories today. Additional alien trade items would have arrived on flotsam from shipwrecks. Copper nails and siding from ships, china from shipwrecks, beeswax from shipwrecks etc. The metal items would be pried from the flotsam and cold forged into jewelry or tools. Coppers, artistic and spiritual panels in plank-houses, became important spiritual products for the tribes. Many native copper items have been tested and found to come strictly from non-native sources, eliminating the possibility of Native quarrying of native copper. Kalapuyans were part of the Columbia River Trade Network. In the Tualatin Kalapuyan mounds was found metal jewelry and tools, suggesting they acquired such products in the historic era. Such mound-building activities continued into the historic era as recorded by Leo J. Frachtenberg at Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. See my essay about the Kalapuya Mounds. Within this context of change we now understand how the Kalapuyan populations may have altered significantly in each period. We have a variety of estimates of tribal and band numbers. The question we then ask is “Where did the estimates come from and how accurate are they?” Population counts for Kalapuyans The basis for many counts is Lewis and Clark with 2,000 Kalapuyans, but Zenk (1976:9) suggests that the Shoshones count of Lewis and Clark, is actually Kalapuyans as there were not Shoshones in the valley, which adds 10,600, giving us 12,600 Kalapuyans. This is likely a severe under-count as the expedition simply heard about the Kalapuyans from a Clowwewala man, and never ventured far into the Willamette Valley. They never saw any village of Kalapuyans nor appear to have talked with a Kalapuyan person. James Mooney, an anthropologist in the later 19th and early 20th centuries, estimates 3,000 Kalapuyans at 1780, which is also a gross underestimate (Zenk 1976: 9). Albert Gatschet, a German Anthropologist, one fo the first professionals to work among the Kalapuyan peoples at the Grand Ronde Reservation, collected the names of 17 winter village groups, which by 1850 was really only 16 villages, as one is extinct. Zenk suggests an estimate range of 15-20 groups based on the experience of the informants, and a date of 1812. Zenk estimates 50 per winter village and 750-1000 for only the Tualatin Kalapuyans. Then Zenk estimates smallpox would have reduced the Tualatins by one third to one half, suggesting a population of the Tualatins as high as 2,000 individuals at 1780 (Zenk 1976: 11). This number suggests some 200 winter villages for the Tualatin alone previous to 1780, as suggested by Zenk’s 50 individuals per village estimate. The Tualatins did have a large area rich in resources, and its possible the territory was larger previously. The Yamhill Kalapuyans spoke the same dialect at the Tualatins. The tribes and bands count is complicated by the political framework of the Kalapuyans. Each village had its autonomy and could ally with other villages as they wanted to. Normally a powerful chief rises and other village chiefs would align with them. But with 200 villages, this would become somewhat complex, perhaps too much so, and so there was not likely one Tualatin Kalapuyan tribal Nation but several TualatinTribes and bands, each possessing their own autonomy and sovereignty. The period following 1812, and until 1840s is thin on estimates. (until I find some related to the fur trade companies) Joseph Lane’s 1850 census lists Calipoa 60, Tualatin 60, Yamhill 90, and Luckimier (Luckimiute) as 15, a total of 225 of these four Kalapuyan tribes. The Calipoa are likely Ahantchuyuk or Pudding River if these are all northern tribes. He does differentiate total Kalapuyans from the main band. For the Tualatin he lists 50 for the main band, and for Yamhill 19, and Luckimiute 5. This suggests that as late as 1850 the main Kalapuya tribes he lists, had more than two bands, and likely two villages, aligned with the main tribe. Lane also listys 200 Umpquas, a number which seems large. The count for Umpqua may have included Yoncalla Kalapuyans, as they lived in the Umpqua Basin along with Upper Umpqua tribes like the Cow Creek band and the upper Umpqua Band at Elkton. The census of April 22,1851 by Rev. Spalding, lists the count of Kalapuyas at 560. In his report, Spalding states that he is personally visiting the tribes and that the number is an estimate based on the villages he has visited and the village yet to be visited. The number also includes the band on the Umpqua. Rev. Spalding takes another census on August 25, 1851 and has more detailed counts. For McKenzies (Winefelly) 63; for Kalapooya (Tekopa?) he lists 41; for Santiam 66; for Forks Santiam 21 (there were two or three Santiam bands), Marys River (no number); Long Tom (Chelamela) 71; French Prairie (Ahantchuyuk) 54; and for Yamhill 59, for a total of 375 people. Spalding lived in Brownsville and so he would have had good knowledge of the local tribes and he did not get numbers for Tualatin and a few other major bands. Spalding’s Letter of 12/8/1850 states 15 bands of the Kalapuyans speaking 7 different dialects. Anson Dart’s report of 1851 lists 560 Calapooyas. Its highly likely that Dart got his numbers from the Spalding report of April 22 ,1851, because Dart did not go and visit tribes much during his tenure, and the Willamette Valley Treaty Commission negotiated with the Tribes in May of 1851, without Dart involved. Joel Palmer’s numbers for Kalapuyan tribes from 1854 is inexact for many. Long Toms, “few”; Luckamute Band of Calapooias 25 or 30; Santiam Band of Calapooias 150; Yamhill band of Calapooias 45 or 50; Tualatin Band of Calapooias 50 or 60. Palmer’s total estimate of Kalapuyans is 290 people. His inexact count definitely missed a good number of the people from the main tribes. March 1856 Journal: The First Census at the Grand Ronde Reservation In March of 1856, William Raymond’s Journal of the Grand Ronde Reservation is likely first census for the reservation. Raymond was assigned to the new Grand Ronde Indian Reservation to help resettled the incoming tribes. However, the Journal appears to be written in the hand of Robert Metcalf. Metcalf had been in charge of the removals of the Umpqua, Yoncalla and Molalla from the Umpqua Reservation from January to February 1856. Therefore, the March 1856 journal is really the first opportunity at the new Grand Ronde Reservation to take a count of the Natives. As well, the Census list does not have any Rogue River tribes, suggesting that the census was taken before the Rogue Rivers arrived at Grand Ronde, and were still on the trail from the Table Rock Reservation at this time. (below listed only the Kalapuyan tribes) French Prairie Band, 20 People; Spores Band, 65 people; Santiam, 53 people; Louis Band, 43 people; Long Tom Band, 32 people; Marysville. 35 people; Yamhill 20 people; Lakamiuke, 8 people; Calapooia, 89 people, which equals 365 Kalapuyans. First Page of the March 1856 Census, William Raymond Journal, Grand Ronde, Possibly Robert Metcalf handwriting. William Raymond Collection, Oregon Historical Society Archives, The Journal with this census was discovered to be the first Grand Ronde Census on 5/9/2019. The Following image is from the first pages of the Journal (as transcribed by David Lewis). Once written as a transcript it was discovered that all of the Kalapuyan Tribes and bands had not yet been removed to the Grand Ronde Reservation. The Tualatins are not yet represented, as well as the Clackamas, or any groups on the Columbia. Some words in the journal are illegible or the meanings of the abbreviations still need to be worked out. David Lewis work product 5/12/2019. This is the first time the March 1856 Census is used in a publication. The Hazen Map of 1856 of the Grand Ronde Reservation, lists 392 Calapoyahs in three camps and 137 Tualatins in a camp. The five Umpqua camps likely have a number of Yoncalla Kalapuyans. The Kalapuyans count total is 529 persons. It is not known when the census counts were taken on this map, but we assume it was in 1856, after all removals had occurred, therefore sometime in the summer because the Rogue River tribes are noted. Section of Hazen Map with Census counts The first complete census of the Grand Ronde Reservation of November 1856 lists Tualatins 75; Marysville 22; Muddy 21 (Muddy River, Chenapfa); Long Tom 16; Yamhill 26; Luckamute 22; Calapooia (Ahantchuyuk) 22; Mohawk 20; Winefella 23; Santiam 81 and Calapooia Band Calapooia River (Tekopa)16; for a total of 344 persons. Another section of this census lists Calapooia of the Umpqua tribe (Yoncalla) at 30 persons. Grand total would then be 374 persons. Comparing the total with those from March 1856 suggest that only a few temporary reservations from the Willamette Valley had been emptied and resettled by March 1856, and that more tribes and bands came later. Grand Ronde Reservation census after Rogue River arrival, November 1856. Its unclear how accurate the counts were of the Kalapuyans previous to the reservation. The numbers from various Indian agents fluctuates dramatically from 200 to over 500 persons. The named villages count may prove to be the most accurate count of some tribes. In 1851 The Gibbs Starling Map lists a number of named villages on the Willamette. The map was likely based on a river passage chart prepared by steamboat captain Leonard White. White was an early Salem resident and pioneer of finding passages up and down the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. The 1851 map lists these tribes as Chehalem, Chempoeg, Chemaway, Chemekitty, and Chehalpen, and areas called Chehn-to-uck at the Santiam river, and Tsi-yahm-hil in the Yamhill basin. Section of Gibbs and Starling Map of 1851 showing highlighted village names Ethnographers notes will list more villages. Ethnography did not really begin until the 1877 with Albert Gatschet who collected much from the Kalapuyans. Anthropologists like Melville Jacobs collected Kalapuyan village names into the 1930s. Melville Jacobs Field Notebook #33 p’inefu and halpam people (Kalapuya & Santiam) Salem to Jefferson on E. and S. side of Willamette antpu’saq (People) W & N side of Willamette (laqmyut) alaqmayuq (People) (Independent to Lakamiyuk R. at Buena Vista) Melville Jacobs Field Notebook #34. Tsani-hoi- a town between Monroe (Pinefu People) Han ter yuk- Mary’s river, Kalapuya, Santiam Twalatin, Yamhill Yonkalla Santefaq people- they understand Santiam, good Halpam people- Santiam Hanter yu k Pi ne fu (Mary’s R.) Laqmayuq Tsantce manq la qua- near Albany Tsa yam hala (Yamhill) Antatawa- maybe around Corvallis, Same as Pi ne fu Ne twalati (Atfalati) Begin Jacobs Field notebook #46 Tcan tku’pi; name of a Kalapuya- speaking place region and band. JBH knows no woman of this name. They lived along the McKenzie R. near Eugene- say between the McKenzie to Eugene. The Yonkallas are immediately to the south, from Cottage Grove on. Jim Spoyse (Spores?) was a Tku’pi’, and he married a ske’nan woman. JBH, tca’nu’ha, a band, talking a Kalapuya dialect somewhere near Eugene. One man JBH remembers called Jim Sboyse (Spuiz) [Spores?] , was probably of Nu’ha origin. Their territory was along the MacKenzie river. Sboyies wife was named Ske’nan, who came from the same tribe as Frank Wheeler’s mother, who was also named ske’nan. Cindy Jackson’s mother was still a third woman, named Ske’nan. JBH, The Kalapuyas JBH says are those on “this side” of the Yonkallas – the bands by Corvallis and beyond – to Eugene. But the Santiam or Ha’lpam Pi’ne fu’ or Marysville (Marys river) Tpu’saq La’qmaywq or Lakmyuts Ha’nt’ayuq or half prairie people Nu’ha, a band near Eugene Are all called Kalapuyas, so JBH says, they are all to be included in the term Kalapuya. They all talked one language: one band spoke just a little different from the other, but all were mutually intelligible. Jacobs Field notebook #78 Kallapu’ya includes these and perhaps others, Santya’m, Ha’lpam, P’I’nefu Eustace was 7 yrs pf age when his Santiam- Penmana’fu father died. At 9 or 10 he heard these old stories from some fine old ladies. His mother was Santiam and most of the rest of his relatives. Penmana’fu people, close to Salem, near Hukwil, other side of Wheatland – along in that valley there; talked a slightly variant dialect Ha’lpam, close to Albany, and north of it, and dialectically close to Santiam. Pi’nefu, people along by Corvallis, macefield, Marysville people, or south of Corvallis. Dialect intelligible to Santiam Santyam’ ami’m , Santiam people Punma’nafu, People living beyond Salem some 6 miles in a valley near Hopewell. [across Willamette from Willamette Mission state park] Jacobs notes contain a mixture of town and tribal names. That is really the nature of the Kalapuyan tribes. Each town was its own sovereign entity. So a Town could be considered a tribe, or it could be a band, which means they are subject to a larger tribe. Jacobs in these notebooks lists some 20 tribe and bands and towns, and without some work aligning them with tribal territory they all need to be considered separate and distinct. The Tualatin (Atfalati), Santiam (Halpam), Marys River( Pinefu). Lakamiuke, Yonkalla, and Yamhill standout as the primary tribes, and they in turn had numerous bands and villages aligned with them. It is wrong to assume that because a village speaks the same dialect of a language that the tribes is politically related to the primary tribe. All of these Kalapuyan tribes were at the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation where there was at the most 374 Kalapuyans resettled by November of 1856. From a high of as many as 20,000 sixty years previously. The decrease for 60 years being some 98% from disease, and small conflicts. Category: General History, Grand Ronde Reservation, Kalapuya, Native Issues, Oregon indians, treaties, Willamette ValleyTags: census, Grand Ronde, Kalapuya ← What Happened to Caroline Mercier Newly Found: The March 1856 Census of Indians At The Grand Ronde Reservation →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4279
__label__cc	0.70586	0.29414	Malden Sketch Group celebrates 20 years of sketching Posted on May 15, 2015 by Sharon Santillo in Arts, Featured // 3 Comments Collage by Sharon Santillo. When committees make decisions on the dispersal of grant money, there is always the hope that this little bit of money will lead to some greater good for the community. Who could ever have predicted that a little grant given to the Malden Sketch Group 20 years ago would have led to one of the longest lasting drawing groups in the whole Boston area? Nunzio Luca was there at the very beginning. Fred Seager, also one of the founders remembers, “I had a great deal of respect for him and consider him as a mentor. He was a much admired head of the Malden High School Art Department for years, and was a wonderful artist and good friend.” Nunzio and Fred decided to get a life drawing group together and they set out to find a space. “We were fortunate also to have the early support of the Malden Arts Council in the grant process, Niecie Degan and Nana Goldberg were facilitators of the cultural center building, an old fire station on Pearl Street. It housed elderly day care during the day and was open for rental at night. Niecie was dedicated to promoting the arts in the city.” Rod Peterson joined the group in their new space. Even though he was a landscape painter, Rod knew that life drawing, traditional training for the great masters, is still good training for artists today. Eva Cincotta was teaching art classes in the basement of John’s Antiques and she was persuaded to join. Duker Bower and George Hansen were two other early important members. Sketch Group has had four locations over the 20 years moving to the basement of a parking garage when the cultural center was given to the Malden Redevelopment Authority. Their next home was Oak Grove Community Center and then Commerce Place. But through all, the group has thrived. What is their secret? A group of “sketchers” gathered recently at Dockside restaurant after a Monday drawing session to discuss the success of Malden Sketch Group these 20 years. Eva Cincotta thinks the consistency of meeting every week no matter what has been key. Members drop in and out but know come Mondays, sketch group will be meeting. And in more recent years, a second night has been added and Thursdays means portrait drawing and painting. Early photo of Malden Sketch Group 1997, Advocate newspaper. Cambia Davis attributes the fact that the price has been kept low as important. Will Kirkpatrick says consistently good models and a good single light source keep him driving into Malden from Hudson every week. Judy Gruelich who books the models says proximity to the T has been important to getting good models to come to Malden from Boston. Other members noted the welcoming atmosphere. There is no instruction given but the general attitude is supportive and encouraging. There are no “big egos”. Everyone is dedicated to a love of drawing and like attracts like. “There was/is a steadiness of purpose and joy of just drawing that we have maintained from the beginning. New blood has always come in and invigorated the group,” stated Fred Seager. Ginger Greenblatt thinks it suits the artistic temperament not to have to sign up ahead, just to be able to show up. Judy Gruelich says there are always drop-ins plus currently 75 active members in the database. On any given Monday night, 15-22 will show up to draw. 85 more artists stay on the roles to receive the communiques about events. Thursday portrait night attracts 6-12 participants a week coming from as far away as Quincy. “Judy holds this group together. It cannot be overstated the work and dedication to the group that she has,” said Fred Seager and glasses were immediately raised in a toast to Judy Gruelich. Everyone noted that the support of the City of Malden since 1995 has been key, and also Preotle Lane’s hosting of the annual exhibit featuring mostly works the artists create outside of sketch group. This year the opening event celebrating 20 years will take place on Friday evening, June 19th at Commerce Place, 350 Main Street, Malden from 6-8 pm. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. The exhibit will run until July 31st during lobby hours Monday through Friday 9-6 and Saturday 9-12. “I thought it [Malden Sketch Group] would only last as long as the grant, but look what that seed money has done!” said Fred Seager. Reminiscing at The Dockside, seated l to r Fred Seager, Will Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Scorsello and standing Cambia Davis. About Sharon Santillo (5 Articles) Family Stories through Art 3 Comments on Malden Sketch Group celebrates 20 years of sketching Elizabeth Scorsello // May 18, 2015 at 4:16 pm // Reply What a nice tribute to our group. Thank you, Sharon. karengarden // May 18, 2015 at 6:13 pm // Reply Nice article. And I liked the collage. I had no idea the group had been around so long. Thanks for informing us. Duker Bower // August 4, 2015 at 7:25 pm // Reply I know this is late, but good article. It is wonderful that the Group has lasted so long and is thriving. Just what makes a life group work is somewhat of a mystery. When I left Malden for Vermont, I discovered a group in Montpelier going for 35 years. Alas, it is a bit far from my home. Whenever I can I return to the Malden Sketch Group. Viva la Malden Sketch Group!!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4281
__label__cc	0.718697	0.281303	Apple Publishes a New App Store “Principles and Practices” Page With WWDC ’19 just around the corner, Apple has just published a new “Principles and Practices” page that attempts to make a case for how the company runs the App Store. We created the App Store with two goals in mind: that it be a safe and trusted place for customers to discover and download apps, and a great business opportunity for all developers. The page features and details positive things about the App Store and lists stats about how many apps Apple reviews every week, and how many apps are approved or rejected. As part of our rigorous app review process, we use a combination of automated systems and hundreds of human experts. This team represents 81 languages across three time zones. We work hard to maintain the integrity of the App Store. In fact, since 2016, we have removed over 1.4 million apps from the App Store because they have not been updated or don’t work on our most current operating systems. This helps unclutter the search for new apps, and makes it easier for users to find quality apps. Apple is also listing several apps that the company says competes with Apple’s own apps, although the company fails to mention how the company still has the upper-hand in most of those cases. Let’s take the case of mails apps, for example. There’s no way Gmail, Spark, Outlook and Yahoo! Mail are on the same level playing field as the built-in & native Mail.app on iOS. You can’t set either of those apps are the default mail app on iOS instead of Apple’s Mail app, so all mailto: links still open Mail.app. Similarly, Apple’s own web-browser Safari and messaging app Messages have the upper-hand over other “competing” apps. And then there’s this: 84% of apps are free, and developers pay nothing to Apple. I get what Apple is trying to say here, but the “developers pay nothing to Apple” bit is highly misleading when you consider that one simply cannot publish an app on the App Store without paying $99/year to Apple for the Apple Developer Program membership. Even if one has to publish a free app for iOS, they need to shell out over ₹ 7000/year just to sign up for the membership. May 29, 2019 ✚ Permalink Apple Updates its iPod touch with a Faster Processor and More Storage The iPod touch isn’t dead! Just when you thought that the iPod touch was dead and forgotten, Apple swoops in with a surprising update to the little music player. The 2019 iPod touch now features an A10 processor (the previous one had A8) and goes up to 256 GB of storage (up from 128). That’s it! That’s all there is to add to the “What’s New” section if one was to create it for the iPod touch 2019. It still features a 4″ display with big ugly bezels on the front, it still boasts a boring 8MP camera from the yesteryears, and is even available in the same set of vibrant colors as it has always been. The A10 processor is as old as the iPhone 7 series, but you do get the added benefit of Group FaceTime and ARKit support now. I’m actually quite surprised Apple chose to update the little guy at all, but from what I’ve read so far, this makes for the perfect entry-level iOS device for kids and retail, especially considering the upcoming launch of Apple Arcade at the end of this year. iPod touch 2019 India Pricing The iPod touch 2019 pricing in India is as follows: 32 GB Model – ₹18,900/- 128 GB Model – ₹28,900/- I’m not sure this makes for a great “entry-level iOS device for kids” in India though. Apple India is Hiring a ‘Digital Content Taxonomist’ in Bengaluru Apple has just posted a new position on their Jobs at Apple portal for Bengaluru, India. The AppleCare Digital team is looking for a smart and passionate person to join our team as a content Taxonomist. You’ll help build a world-class, intuitive, and comprehensive taxonomy to help optimize solution\information discovery when searching and browsing our digital channels. You will help build taxonomies for Product\Services, Geo, Channels, OS etc. This team services more than 3 billion customers a year across a broad range of digital platforms. The organization is responsible for all support and service of digital content, web assets, customer tools and apps, communities, analytics, SEO and social media. We are the highest volume post sales support function in Apple and carry out to the highest standard of quality and innovation on behalf of our customers worldwide. Interesting position, but I’m not sure why they had to use backslashes in the summary above. Disney to Acquire 33% of Hulu from Comcast The Walt Disney Company (Disney) and Comcast Corporation (Comcast) have just announced that the companies have entered into an agreement wherein Disney will take “full operational control” of Hulu, effective immediately, and will purchase 33% ownership in Hulu in 5 years. Under the put/call agreement, as early as January 2024, Comcast can require Disney to buy NBCUniversal’s interest in Hulu and Disney can require NBCUniversal to sell that interest to Disney for its fair market value at that future time. Hulu’s fair market value will be assessed by independent experts but Disney has guaranteed a sale price for Comcast that represents a minimum total equity value of Hulu at that time of $27.5 billion. Disney seems to be going all out on this whole video streaming business.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4286
__label__wiki	0.514026	0.514026	The New Zealand Open Source Society President's Report 2016-17 To start with, I'd like to recognise our streamlined NZOSS Council with whom I've been honoured to work this past year: Steve Ellis (Auckland) Danny Adair (Wellington) Daniel Reurich (Wellington) Tim McNamara (Wellington) Rob Elshire (Palmerston North) I'd like to thank Tim McNamara for joining me for a second term on the executive as Vice President, thanks to Daniel Reurich for yet another term as Treasurer, and many thanks to Rob Elshire for taking on the Secretary role! NZOSS Web Services To fulfil our mission to share the freedom of open source software, open standards, and open information for the benefit of New Zealand, over the past few years the Society has set up a number of online web services using exclusively Free and Open Source Software. We figure the best way to share these things is to make them available for people to try, and to use, and for us to use them as well. The following lists some of our current offerings - a full list is available. We greatly appreciate the substantial sponsored New Zealand-based hosting capacity that we have been provided by Catalyst IT and Rimu Hosting! We continue to use our Etherpad-lite instance to record what transpires at our Council Meetings. Here for example: November 2016, December 2016, January 2017, February 2017, March 2017, April 2017, May 2017, June 2017, July 2017, August 2017 (note, our 2016 AGM was held in October). Next Cloud + Collabora Office Online To provide some useful data synchronisation, making large files available for download, shared calendaring, and concurrent online document, spreadsheet, and presentation editing, (fully supporting proper open standard document forumats) we have set up a NextCloud and Collabora (online, collaborative LibreOffice) instance. This combination provides functionality similar to Google Docs and we are planning to shift our Council meeting minute taking our faithful Etherpad-Lite instance next month (dependent, of course, on the make up of the post AGM Council!). To avoid spam accounts, we are not allowing open registration, however if you're interested in giving it a spin, just let us know! Our NZ-focused Git repository has been moved to a dedicated cloud computing instance to accommodate its substantial resource requirements. It's now approaching 70 projects - you're welcome to add yours! Rocket.Chat Over the past year, we've seen good growth in the use of our fully FOSS chat system built with Rocket.Chat, for realtime and asynchronous communication. It can be used with any recent browser, and there're desktop and mobile apps (all FOSS) available for all major platforms (including Linux). It also provides searchable archives and the ability to initiate WebRTC-based end-to-end-encrypted video conferences (give it a try!). This year has seen the unexpected emergence of a new social networking platform called Mastodon, which is a fully FOSS messaging platform in some ways similar to Twitter. It offers a superb user interface, mobile apps, excellent multi-media support, and a powerful API for integrating other applications. Unlike Twitter, Mastodon messages are not limited to 140 characters (they can have up to 500, allowing for far more interesting conversations). Also, unlike Twitter, Mastodon is decentralised: anyone can set up a Mastodon instance, and these can be "federated" into what is now called the Fediverse. That means you don't have to entrust your online reputation and history of correspondence to Twitter (where you are the product) but instead can elect to join an instance run by someone you trust. The NZOSS is now running such an instance. Please feel free to join up and have a play! FOSS Meetups Since April 2016, we've had a monthly physical "FOSS Meetup" in Christchurch, usually with 5-15 people, from a list rapidly approaching 400 subscribers turning up each month (thanks to Catalyst Chch for providing a venue!) for presentations, demos, and general FOSS discussion. We keep meeting notes in Etherpad, for example - the others have "guessable" URLs. This year, we have also added Meetups in Auckland and Wellington, both of which have already had well-attended physical meetings and attracted large subscriber groups! This year the NZOSS was proud to be a sponsor of a number of events, including ITx, OS//OS 2016, and the 2016 NZ Open Source Awards. Open Wetware In addition to being a fan of FOSS, our new Councillor and Secretary, Rob Elshire, is a genomics research scientist who has developed a novel method for "looking at differences at the DNA level" called "genotyping-by-sequencing". The very specialised community in which he's active, based both here in NZ and abroad, is refining this approach - using the "open source" development model - to automate and improve the reproducibility of this method. The group, calling itself "biospectra-by-sequencing", or BBS, has asked the NZOSS to act as the caretaker of their "BBS Project". Rob's work was discussed recently on RNZ due the improvements he has made to his very powerful genetic analysis method which is being used across the agricultural sector, making it even less expensive. We are delighted to be able to assist in this way, helping to keep their work open and moving forward rapidly without artificial limits. It's also refreshing to be adding another string to the society's bow: open biological science. In a few months, a group Rob coordinates will be holding a Bioinfomatics conference in Palmerston North at the start of November, and the NZOSS is a proud sponsor. 2017 Tech Manifesto The Tech Leaders' Forum in which I have been participating on behalf of the NZOSS will allow us to magnify our impact, particularly with influencing government behaviour and policy, although we may also learn useful procedural lessons from successes (and failures) experienced by the other organisations. In May, the Forum members published our 2017 Tech Manifesto to inform the various NZ political parties, developing their platforms for the upcoming national election in September, what the technology community would like to see. The document is perhaps a bit too cautious in suggesting really interesting and positive changes to NZ's policies, although I think we managed to get some useful information in there from the NZOSS' point of view. Most compelling, I think, is the desire to see some tangible progress towards the lofty ambitions of the Digital 5 Charter, up to which outgoing Minister Peter Dunne signed us in 2014. Streamlined Council Due to problems achieving necessary quorum at monthly NZOSS Council meetings, the Council last year opted to reduce its size to a maximum of 7 members (and only 6 stood, so that's how many we have). This is in line with similar moves by our colleagues at Linux Australia. We encounted a bit of a hiccup when, despite a careful reading of the NZOSS Constitution to ensure we weren't transgressing any Council rules. The Constitution specifies a maximum Council size, not a minimum, and it states (with one exception which we found later, to our chagrin) all quorums and voting requirements in terms of proportions of the number of councillors. The one exception was a mention of an absolute number which our (numerical) searches of the document failed to pick up: "The quorum for meetings of Council shall be seven members." We will be endeavouring to correct this oversight by asking the NZOSS' voting members to approve a Constitutional Amendment making quorum for Council meetings similarly a consistent portion of the total number of Councillors rather than an absolute number. Outside of that problem, we have found that our meetings have been more focused, far quicker, and with quorum usually achieved on time. The only downside is the reduced diversity of views in the smaller group. We are all hopeful that the diverity of views will improve in subsequent Councils (but, in part, it depends on who is nominated, so please help us by nominating yourself or someone else who you think will improve the Council's diversity in future!). The Year to Come We're quite intrigued to see what happens in the coming election - it may mean that the NZOSS gets to work in a more amenable political landscape than what have at present. Or perhaps not. Our mission is far from secure. Most of us are highly involved in ubiquitous cloud platforms which entrust unprecedented control of our day-to-day lives, privacy, and data security to profit-driven corporations who jealously guard control of their platforms, and record staggeringly vast amounts of data on the off chance that it might be used for commercial gain without any useful oversight. Similarly, governments - even those which are founded on democratic principles of justice, individual rights, and transparency - are demonstrating that they easily succumb to the temptation of wanton information gathering. We in the NZOSS need to remain vigilant in the face of these powerful, well resourced forces, and do what we can to educate people (especially in government) about what they are losing by giving away control, and show them that very effective alternatives exist (and might have the side effect of saving money as well). Other pressing issues include the substantial energy and funding now going in to improving Digital Technology education in NZ. We need to ensure that this education work is doing the right thing (i.e. isn't co-opted by vested interests) and does not veer towards indoctrination of our young learners into unquestioning dependence on closed technology ecosystems which thwart their learning with artificial barriers to exploration with closed source, creating a dependence on specific vendors' software through closed proprietary file formats and high-ongoing costs, especially after school, that make the software functionally similar to "ransomeware", and requiring them to agree to dodgy terms and conditions, waiving rights to privacy and indemnifying vendors (the infamous "I ACCEPT" everyone is forced to click - but no one reads) before getting access to most software services. We think there are better approaches to these problems and many more that involve engaging a broad and diverse community of technologists and enthusiasts at all skill levels, and helping them to bridge gaps of knowledge, access, and attitude. I'm certainly looking forward to what will surely be an exciting year for the Society. (for reference, here's last year's President's report)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4287
__label__wiki	0.892641	0.892641	Scientists Can Predict Your Personality Based on Just One Facebook Like By John Bonazzo • 11/15/17 12:55pm The social network knows everything. Carl Court/Getty Images What do your Facebook likes say about you? A team of social scientists from Britain and the U.S. has determined that just one like on the social networking site is enough to determine a potential consumer’s personality type and target ads to them accordingly. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “We wanted to learn something about personality without giving them a questionnaire,” Dr. Sandra Matz, an assistant professor of management and organizational behavior at Columbia University who led the study, told Observer. “Can the inferences we make about personalities affect behavior?” The research team ran three different Facebook ad campaigns that reached more than 3.7 million people, primarily British women between the ages of 18 and 40. They targeted the subjects with personalized ads based on their perceived psychological characteristics. Researchers determined these characteristics by analyzing the pages people liked on Facebook. They created the “like” list using data from MyPersonality, a popular Facebook app which administered anonymous psychological tests—all of the data was recorded with user consent. The social scientists then used the likes, along with users’ status updates, to hypothesize about personality traits. For example, people who liked TV shows like Entourage or singers like Lady Gaga ranked as extroverted, while those who liked topics having to do with science fiction or technology were classified as introverts. Then the ad targeting began. A group of graphic designers used Facebook’s ad criteria to create promotions which stood out to certain groups. Each campaign featured two different ads—the first pair was for an online beauty retailer. One ad showed a woman at a party surrounded by people, with the caption “Dance like no one is watching.” The other featured a woman alone in her bathroom with the caption “Beauty doesn’t have to shout.” More than 10,000 women clicked on the ads, leading to 390 purchases. Users were more likely to buy items after viewing an ad that matched their personality. Examples of ads used in the study. PNAS Next, the team used a crossword app to test participants’ openness and intellectual curiosity. One Facebook ad for the app featured a simple photo of a crossword puzzle sitting on a table, while another more interactive ad showed words spilling off the page. This campaign led to over 1,100 clicks and 500 app installs. While people who scored low on openness were more likely to install the app when presented with the simple ad, those who scored high on openness actually downloaded it at roughly equal rates no matter which ad they saw. Finally, researchers used a shooting game to test users’ introversion or extroversion again—the ads were targeted at people who had downloaded games like Farmville in the past. One ad used dramatic phrasing like “Ready? FIRE! Grab the latest puzzle shooter now!” The other targeted introverts by inviting them to “wind down” from their “hard day” with a game. This campaign attracted 3,100 clicks and 1,800 app installs. As with the beauty ad, people clicked more on the promos that matched their personality type. The study approximated peoples’ psychological profiles within one general social media category, and having access to their full digital history could alter the results. The researchers also noted that tastes change over time: while people who like Game of Thrones might have been considered introverts when the show first aired in 2011, it now has more general appeal to multiple personality types. But Matz said the study results still show the power of online advertising. “Tailoring content to peoples’ psychological traits is effective more often than not,” she said. Of course, targeting ads also has drawbacks—many fake news publishers posted content and ads during the 2016 election that may have affected the results. While Matz said her study’s tactics shouldn’t be used in political campaigning, she also wants to experiment with using targeted ads to convince people to eat more healthily or save money. As such, Matz concluded that policy makers should have a healthy debate about ad targeting rather than shutting it down altogether. “Regulate the purpose, but don’t say the technology is evil,” she said. Filed Under: Business, Technology, News, Facebook, Technology, advertising, Social Media SEE ALSO: Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Says Apps Are Likely Eavesdropping on You	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4291
__label__wiki	0.991618	0.991618	Sachin bags ESPNcricinfo Test batting award Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By Odishatv Bureau On Feb 20, 2012 - 4:59 PM New Delhi: Iconic Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has bagged the fifth ESPNcricinfo best batting performance award in Tests beating the likes of his compatriot Rahul Dravid and Australian skipper Michael Clarke. Tendulkar, whose 146 in Cape Town in 2011 came in testing conditions and in the face of some sublime swing bowling by Dale Steyn, became the No. 1 choice of seven jurors out of the 11 who had him in their top three. The Test batting category had the widest gap between the winner and number two position – six points separated Tendulkar`s innings from Michael Clarke`s 151, also scored in Cape Town in the Test in which Australia dismissed South Africa for 96 and were then bowled out in their second innings for 47. It was Tendulkar`s second ESPNcricinfo Award. He had won the ODI batting performance in 2009 for his 175 against Australia in southeastern Indian city Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Doug Bracewell won the Test bowling award. Bracewell has won this in his debut year in international cricket for his six for 40 in New Zealand`s historic seven-run win against Australia in Hobart. Another first for the awards was the victory of an Associate player – Kevin O`Brien, who got votes from 13 out of a panel of 16 jurors, for his nerveless century in Ireland`s historic win over England in the World Cup. The ODI bowling award was given to Mitchell Johnson for his six-wicket haul in Pallekele during Australia`s tour to Sri Lanka. The awards were decided by a 16-member jury that included former players Ian Chappell, Ian Bishop, Ramiz Raja, Kepler Wessels, Geoff Boycott, Martin Crowe, Sanjay Manjrekar and Russel Arnold, and ESPNcricinfo`s senior writers. The jurors were asked to pick their top three performances in each category from a shortlist of nominees. Former Aussie captain Chappell said Tendulkar showed true class during his 146. "He faced 314 balls which is not Tendulkar-like, the strike rate, but these were precious runs. This was another side of Tendulkar, just showing his greatness — his ability to make runs when things were really tough, and he really had to battle," said Chappell.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4294
__label__cc	0.690702	0.309298	Effects of Temperature on PLA and PETG 3d Printing Filament Additive manufacturing using commercially available 3D printers gives us the ability to quickly produce and iterate our designs. Since we are using these end use products, it is critical to understand the consequences of using such machines and associated materials. This week, we focused on understanding the effect temperature has on two types of common 3D printer filaments, PLA and PETG. PLA (Polylactic Acid) and ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) filaments are the most popular forms of filament. PLA is biodegradable and has low melting point and glass transition temperature. ABS is a very durable plastic but requires higher print and heated bed temperatures than PLA. Unlike PLA, ABS is considered an engineering material. However, ABS is prone to warping and creates toxic fumes while printing. PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol-modified) is becoming a more widely used filament for fused deposition modelling (FDM) machines because it is the best of both worlds. PETG has the durability of ABS without the significant warping and toxic fumes. It has a higher melting and glass transition temperature than PLA, but still not quite as high as ABS. Our goal was to test the differences between the glass transition temperatures of both PLA and PETG. We tested four filaments of PLA and six filaments of PETG from various manufacturers. The test consisted of 400g weights that were applied to standard-sized specimen strips, which were heated in an oven. We slowly increased the temperature of the oven to reveal the overall difference between PLA and PETG, and the variance between different filament manufacturers. The results indicated that the various PLA specimens softened between 55℃ and 60℃, while PETG specimens softened between 75℃ and 80℃. The approximately 20℃ temperature increase before deformation is a significant finding. Simply put, PETG can be used in more extreme temperature environments than PLA. For example, PETG is likely to survive the common example of the inside of a parked car on a hot summer’s day, while PLA may not. Between the brands of filament we tested, there were no significant differences found of the glass transition temperature. That said, we expected the Maker Geeks PLA to deform at a much higher temperature than approximately 55℃. We used their “Raptor Series” Dishwasher Safe PLA in True Black, which is marketed on their website to withstand up to 125℃ and the “sanitizing heat of a dishwasher with no deformation”. The specimen did seem to deform less than the other filaments at the same temperature, but the specimen clearly had deformed by reaching its glass transition temperature well below the advertised 125℃. The PETG tests showed that the Atomic Filament PETG had the lowest glass transition temperature. It is possible that this is because of the purity of their filament. Atomic Filament is known for their high-quality filament without high melt point additives, waxes, or fillers. Other manufacturers additives may increase the glass transition temperature in their filaments, for better or for worse. These additives may have other beneficial or adverse effects on the printing behavior of the filament. Atomic Filament states that their quality ensures consistent performance, so a slightly lower glass transition temperature may only be a small factor in the usability of the filament. ESUN PETG and Maker Geeks PETG filaments were the last to deform, at just over 80℃. Featured on Autodesk's "Designing Differently... DIY Vacuum Pickup Tool for SMT Pick and Place How to Choose Inexpensive 3D Printer Heated B... Low Cost Dust Shoe for the X-Carve CNC Router	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4298
__label__wiki	0.87302	0.87302	Enugu Rangers v Lobi Stars Match Preview, 17/04/2019, NPFL Enugu Rangers – Lobi Stars Preview: Flying Antelopes ready for reigning champions Gbenga Ogunbote’s men will strive to beat Solomon Ogbeide’s side for the first time since 2017 in Enugu on Wednesday The defending champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League, Lobi Stars will face a daunting task to reclaim the title they won by default last season, when they trade tackles with 2018 Federation Cup winners, Enugu Rangers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Enugu Rangers are the in-form team in the top-flight having won their last two away matches and are unbeaten in the league since their Matchday Four loss to MFM. They have played 12 matches and are at the summit of the NPFL Group A with 27 points despite still having three games in hand ahead of the second and the third-placed teamsEnyimba and MFM respectively. The Flying Antelopes have won all six home matches they have played and added two away wins against Kwara United and Sunshine Stars. They have also secured three points from away matches against Niger Tornadoes, Katsina United and Remo Stars. Gbenga Ogunbote’s men are a different team from the one Lobi Stars beat both home and away last season. The turf of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium will present both famous teams who represented Nigeria in Caf inter-club competition. They were eliminated in the group stage of both competitions but were able to garner enough points that ensured Nigeria will present four clubs in Africa during the 2019-20 season. Lobi Stars have not displayed the finesse that handed them the league title last season. They were declared the winners because they were the most consistent team and were on top of the league at the time the league season was called off on Matchday 24. They struggled to cope with the demands of playing in the Caf Champions League so the league fixture congestion has made them vulnerable. The Pride of Benue must secure a positive result against the Flying Antelopes on Wednesday, to stand any chance of qualifying for the Super Six as one of the three teams from Group A. Enyimba and MFM and presently in pole position to pick the remaining slots along with Rangers who seem to be closer to confirming their place in the season-ending tournament. Enugu Rangers presently have the best assemblage of players in the domestic league. They also have good substitutes to call upon if those in the starting line-up are bereft of ideas or are tired. Pascal Seka remains Rangers most potent weapon ahead of the midweek cracker and his four goals in his last five matches for the Flying Antelopes made him the team’s joint leading scorer in the league alongside Godwin Aguda. Other players that can cause Lobi Stars problems are Chiamaka Madu, Ifeanyi George, Nana Bonsu, Bright Silas, Aguda while the combination of Semiu Liadi and Isiaka Oladuntoye are available in defence to halt the Pride of Benue’s desire to get goals. Lobi Stars also have John Lazarus and Ebube Duru in defence while the influence of Yaya Kone, who has six goals for the Benue State representatives cannot be underrated. He is, however, a major doubt for the game in Enugu. Sikiru Alimi, Austin Ogunye, and Michael Stephens are the other players that can hurt the Flying Antelopes if they take them for granted.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4300
__label__wiki	0.593716	0.593716	Home SJC Brooklyn Bullying and How to Prevent it on Campus Bullying and How to Prevent it on Campus SJC Brooklyn Welcomes Tyler Clementi Foundation by Sarah Painter November 3, 2016 The Office of Student Life at SJC Brooklyn will welcome James Clementi, co-founder and outreach coordinator of the Tyler Clementi Foundation, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. in the Tuohy Hall Auditorium. During the event, Clementi will focus on the organization’s #Day1 Campaign —a pioneering movement grounded in research to prevent bullying before it starts. “We are very proud to partner once again with the Tyler Clementi Foundation and to embrace their message about the importance of affirming one’s dignity and self-worth,” said Sherrie Van Arnam, vice president for student life at SJC Brooklyn. “At SJC, our culture is one of inclusion. By taking this pledge, students serve as ambassadors of our values as they work to prevent bullying.” The Tyler Clementi Foundation was created by the Clementi family in response to Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University who committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge after being cyber bullied in 2010. Clementi’s death captured the attention of teachers, parents, students and family members worldwide. His story has since become the face of the global anti-bullying movement. The foundation aims to stop all forms of bullying through inclusion, assertion of dignity and acceptance in remembrance of Clementi. #Day1 is a nationwide initiative focusing on schools, universities, workplaces, athletic programs and other group environments to reduce bullying, harassment and humiliation. It is effective, immediate, free and asks participants to pledge as an upstander — someone who works to stop bullying by intervening or reporting abuse. #Day1 pledges have already been taken on campus by SJC Brooklyn faculty and students looking to make a difference. In honor of #BullyingPreventionMonth, SJC Brooklyn freshman took the @TylerClementi #Day1 pledge to be an #Upstander. pic.twitter.com/YcZA6XhkU2 — St. Joseph’s College (@SJCNY) October 26, 2016 This event is free and open to the public. Bullying and How to Prevent it on Campus was last modified: August 6th, 2018 by Sarah Painter #Day1#Day1 PledgeAnti-BullyingCyber BullyingNational Bullying Prevention MonthSJCNYGivesTyler ClementiTyler Clementi FoundationUpstander Sarah Painter View all posts from Sarah Painter 10 Things Every Swimmer Can Relate To Around the World With the Global Studies Scholarship The Next Generation of Nurses 10 Things to Do Your Final Semester at St. Joseph’s Engaging New Voices SJC Journalism Professor to Discuss Latest Book, “Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn” Say it to the Seniors Five Scary Short Stories to Treat Yourself to this Halloween Getting Ready for Success in College St. Joseph’s at the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4302
__label__cc	0.617045	0.382955	Tag Archives: super tuesday CPAC Kicks Off With Marco Rubio Thousands of conservative activists converged Thursday on Washington for CPAC. But aside from a packed hotel ballroom and a few memorable applause lines, the throngs were noticeably subdued as the yearly conservative confab kicked off. That may change Friday, when Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are scheduled to speak. But for a crowd of self-identified conservative activists that numbered about 10,000, there was no palpable sense of excitement and few outward signs of support for most of the presidential contenders. “It’s been tough. A lot of people are still undecided, and they keep saying they need more information. There’s not a lot of excitement here yet,” said Joseph Lipp, who was handing out stickers for Santorum. In a primary season that has thumbed its nose at many of the typically predictive events on the campaign calendar — Michele Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll but finished sixth in Iowa — campaigns may have made a conscious decision not to invest heavily in CPAC. Continue Reading… By waqasbhai Posted in Politics News Tagged Ames Straw Poll, Catholic Church, CPAC, CPAC kicks off, Eli Manning, First Amendment, heavily in CPAC, john f kennedy, kicks off with Marco Rubio, kirk cameron, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, newt gingrich, Newt Gingrich are scheduled to speak, packed hotel ballroom, R-Ohio, Republican, rick santorum, Ron Paul’s Students for Liberty, said Joseph Lipp, Sen. Marco Rubio, super tuesday, Washington, what happen cpac	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4304
__label__wiki	0.518444	0.518444	Interviews In-Studio Videos Courtney's Corner Full Episodes iHeartRadio Countdown HOT AC Chart iHeartRadio Countdown Blog Affiliates About Mario Lopez About Courtney Lopez Advertise on On With Mario Lopez, Get Results Grandma Sends Miraculous Sign From Beyond The Grave, Leaves Family In Tears posted by Dave Basner - Feb 12, 2019 Dorothy Booth lived a long and eventful life filled with the love of her family. At age 97, when it was clear the end was near, her family gathered around her to spend their last moments together. They turned out to be some of the most joyful times in her life. During those final days, her family spoke to her about heaven. Booth's granddaughter-in-law, Angela Patteson, explained on Facebook how "they talked many times with Grandma, lightheartedly, even jokingly, [asking her] when you get to heaven, see if you're able to send a sign that you're there, and that you're happy." They even came up with what they'd use to convey the message - a cardinal, one of Booth's favorite birds. Dorothy responded the way she so often did when she was asked for something: "I'll see what I can do." She came through in a major way. A day after her funeral, Dorothy's family gathered together to play canasta, her favorite card game, as a tribute to their beloved matriarch. Before long, they heard a tapping on the kitchen window. Patteson explained, "My father-in-law went outside and saw it was a cardinal. It was just sitting there, completely alert and calm - nothing wrong with it." That alone brought tears to their eyes, but what happened next can only be described as a miracle. The family was able to approach the bird, hold it and even bring it inside. They spent 10 minutes with the cardinal, feeling the presence of Dorothy around them. Then, they went outside to release it but the bird refused to fly away, instead turning around and landing on one of Dorothy's daughters' shoulders as everyone stood by in awe. Eventually, they placed the bird on a branch where it sat and watched the family before flying away some time later. Patteson spoke about what happened, saying, "This has brought so much comfort to them, to have this prayer answered." Photo: Facebook The latest in news, straight to your inbox. Subscribe to the On With Mario Lopez newsletter! © 2019 Premiere Networks, Inc.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4305
__label__wiki	0.536738	0.536738	Interview with Jim "The Poorman" Trenton By Verbal Ham Radio Verbal Ham Radio is back with the Holiday Edition! Join Boice, Keyser, and VHR Girl as they get to know The Poorman, most famously known for the creation of LoveLine on 106.7 KROQ out of Los Angles, California. Give a listen to find out the shocking, naked truth of how Dr. Drew was discovered, an insight into the personal love life of a radio legend and where you'll find him next. HOT TOPIC: men and women in the work place. Featured on Verbal Ham Radio Listen to Interview with Jim "The Poorman" Trenton now. Listen to Interview with Jim "The Poorman" Trenton in full in the Spotify app	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4306
__label__wiki	0.54343	0.54343	Naveen Govt. signs MoU with a ghost company, helps ESSAR use the same to its benefit The fraud Naveen Patnaik has partnered with a non-Oriya company called ESSAR Steel Orissa Ltd (hereinafter called ESSAR) is so monstrous that a Judicial Commission of Inquiry should be the minimum to probe into the offense in order to bring in discipline to errant administration. ESSAR is facing environmental prosecution preferred by two responsible citizens of the State, Sri Sarbeswar Mishra and Sri Murli Monohar Sharma in the National Green Tribunal for having subjected River Baitarani to a stratagem of trapping through a huge intake well dug on her chest. But, action is essential against the government functionaries including the Chief Minister for injuring the people of Orissa with a MoU with a non-existent organization called Hy-Grade Pellet Limited and allowing ESSAR to use the same MoU to acquire Government Land, and to use public resources for its own benefit. Now as the trapping of Bitarani is subjected to environmental jurisprudence in the NGT and there is every possibility of focus on the crime, ESSAR has dismantled the huge intake well it had dug on the chest of Baitarani. It is guilty of dismantling the corpus delicti of its crime when the National Green tribunal is hearing the case against the mischief. The gory details of the offense, one believes, will come out in course of hearing before the NGT. But we are shocked to see that ESSAR has acquired huge public land and proceeded with construction of its plant, even though it has no authority to do so. The goriest part of the mischief is that it has not even signed the MoU with the State Government! The fraud Naveen has subjected Orissa to, in this particular case, is grievous. He has made the Government in the department of Steel and Mines sign a MoU with HGPL on 21 April 2005 though by that date the company was not in existence and has forced Orissa officials to act on this MoU in favor of ESSAR! Orissa Government officials have worked as its slaves in allocating it lands and allowing it to build up the intake well to trap Baitarani for its nefarious exploitation. When the harmful stratagem of trapping the Baitarani was designed, it is Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who, being the minister of water resources, should have, as the custodian of public interest, acted against ESSAR. But, he didn’t act. Why he didn’t act against ESSAR, despite the discernible violation of relevant Laws, is a matter that calls for his explanation to the people. He owes explanation to the people in many more matters. Not accepting but acceding for sake of argument that the ESSAR is the same as HGPL, one deserves the Chief Minister’s answer as to why he has sat nonchalant when Laws of the land as well as its forests and Eco-systems are being raped by ESSAR. He being a Chief Minister with limited powers to work under the Constitution guided by its Preamble, where from he got a carte blanche to gift away the water of Baitarani to a private firm when the River is not a creation of his Government; and the Government is not the owner thereof, but a mere custodian? And, why his Government failed to appreciate this position? Why his government did not act to stop the construction of the illegal and unauthorized intake well, when people of different places living on the banks of Baitarani and dependent on her water, raised their voice against the illegality? Why he did not support Sarbeswar Mishra and Murli Monohar Sharma when they, having all their democratic and peaceful attempts to save the Revered River Baitarani from being so brutally subjected to the traps of ESSAR gone unheeded to, finally preferred an application under section 18(1) read with Section 14 (1) of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, as responsible citizens devoted to public well-being? Why has he not diligently acted when ESSAR has dismantled the intake well that obliterates the corpus delicti of the crime when the matter is actively under environmental jurisprudence before the nation’s Green Tribunal? His decision as a chief minister to co-operate with ESSAR might have been driven by a desire to usher in an avenue of employment for the local public, as he has been claiming. But in reality the ESSAR system is designed to precipitate unemployment. The ESSAR system would use Baitarani water to transport ores to inland destination through slurry pipelines is bound to do away with the scopes for road transportation. Advocate Bibhu Prasad Tripathy, representing Mishra and Sharma in Case No. 89 of 2012 before the NGT says, drawing of water from Baitarani for transportation of iron ore through slurry pipelines and other industrial purposes directly violates environmental laws besides inflicting serious injuries on the riparian community. The Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the government of Orissa in the Department of Water Resources, and concerned District Collectors-cum-Magistrates are evading “statutory obligations” casted upon them for protecting and improving the quality of the environment, he points out. Dismantling of the intake well is as illegal and arbitrary as construction of the same, maintains Advocate Tripathy. When of late, his government has waked up to the cries of agriculture and has projected a special budget for agriculture, why has he been co-operating in industrial squandering away of the water of River Baitarani? Is the agriculture budget a gadget to befool the farmers? When the MoU was signed on 21 April 2005, why was it not signed directly with ESSAR, but was signed with HGPL that had lost its life on 10 February 2005? What is the secret purpose behind this fraud? The so-called MoU with HGPL, which Naveen administration has allowed ESSAR to use to its benefit, in its ‘General Clauges’ (G) (j), has made it a must for the State Government to withdraw all facilities offered to the company in case of non-implementation of the terms and condition, laid down under the MoU. Adherence to Environmental and Forest Laws by the Company is of cardinal importance therein. But from communications from the Field Officers of the Government, it is seen that ESSAR has constantly contravened the Environmental and Forest Acts. As for example, the Tahsildar of Barbil, in his report to the Collector and District Magistrate of Keonjhar, vide letter No. 3666, dated 19 October 2011 has mentioned, “there is a clear violation of the orders of the Collector for which action deemed proper may kindly be initiated against M/s Essar Steel Ltd”. What was the order of the Collector that the Company (ESSAR) contravened? To see the order, we go to the Collector’s communication No. 960/G & M of 4 August 2011 that tells ESSAR, “In this context, you are hereby noticed not to undertake any construction activities in the non-forest land till final approval orders of diversion of forest land for the project is received”. It transpired from the same order of the Collector that ESSAR had not submitted any valid document “regarding permission for installation and construction of the project from the Government”. So, it was asked to “show cause with proof of documents” within seven days. This information gives birth to another question: How in absence of valid documents regarding permission for installation and construction of the project” the Collector/ concerned officials have allocated lands for the project? Have they acted under telephonic instructions of somebody whose telephonic order is too powerful to be ignored? Who that somebody is else than the Chief Minister? It deserves mention that there was no relevant response to the Collector’s notice; and obviously therefore, the Collector had to ask the Tahsildar to visit the spot and report if his orders were honored. The Tahsildar visited the site of ESSAR project on 19 October 2011 and reported on the same day that “civil works like construction of boundary wall ……. was going on involving masons and laborers”. So, ESSAR was caught red-handed by the Tahsildar while contravening the Collector’s prohibitory orders. Why the Collector had to issue the prohibitory Orders? This was because, he was forced to issue such an order under compulsion of circumstances, as the company continued to violate the Environment and Forest laws and “public complain” was rising in velocity at his end. The company had earlier been booked under Orissa Forest Act 1972 for blatant brutalization of the reserved forests while proceeding with laying slurry pipelines sans any authority and legality. From “show cause notice” issued by Forest Range Officer of Champua Range on 25 June 2011 vide No. 350, it transpires that ESSAR had excavated the soil and laid the slurry pipe line “without forest clearance” and had stored slurry pipes in Naibuga Reserve Forest in which “connection” OR case No. 67ch was instituted against it. The Collector also mentions of OR case No. 66CH of 2011-12 under the Forest Act while confronting it with the following words: “Prior to obtaining the approval of Govt. of India, MOEF as required under Forest Conservation Act, your agency have already laid pipelines and started construction work in the non-forest land which violates point 4.4 of Chapter 4 of the guidelines of the F.C.Act, 1980 as the project involves both forest and non-forest land. ……………….. Also you have violated the condition at point 4.4 of the F. C. Act, 1980 by constructing a beneficiation plant over 80.0 acres of non-forest land”. In his Memo No. 5758 captioned “violation of guidelines of Forest Conservation Act, 1980 by M/s Essar Steel Orissa Ltd” sent to the Chief Conservator of Forests on 6 July 2011, the Divisional Forest Officer of Keonjhar has informed, “In spite of repeated instructions, the user agency (ESSAR) has continued the work of laying slurry pipe line and construction of beneficiation plant in non-forest area violating the guidelines of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980”. On spot visit we found that it has also laid slurry pipe line on forest land and on public roads. At the top of all its illegal activities, it had constructed the huge intake well on the Chest of Baitarani, which it has now dismantled after NGT has taken up the case against it. These are just a few samples of how the company has contravened the terms and conditions of the MoU signed with HGPL, if at all it is bound to the same. Naveen Patnaik is required to explain to the public as to why his government has not withdrawn itself from the said instrument so far, in view of the stipulations laid down in the MoU itself. Posted in: administration, Animadversion, Editorials, judiciary, law and order, news, orissa, politics, Uncategorized Tagged: current event, ESSAR, naveen patnaik, orissa government	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4312
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(AP) — A coroner has identified the Nevada couple killed when their aircraft crashed near Indianapolis. Hancock County Coroner Da... Woman, 4 children killed in central Missouri crash ELDON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a woman and four children have been killed in a central Missouri crash. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Scott Wh... Officials: 8 killed in head-on crash on Mississippi highway SCOOBA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman says a wreck on a rural highway has killed eight people. Sgt. Andy West said the patrol r... SC mother charged with DUI in crash that killed twin sons PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WYFF) — Twin 6-year-old brothers were killed Sunday when they were thrown from a vehicle that crashed, and their mother is char... Nine killed in plane crash during skydiving trip in Sweden Nine people were killed when their plane crashed during a skydiving trip near Umea, a small university city in northern Sweden, authorities said on S... MMA fighter Desmond Green charged in crash that killed 2 PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — Mixed martial arts fighter Desmond Green is facing DUI manslaughter and other charges for a South Florida crash that kill... 9 Killed In Plane Crash During Skydiving Trip In Sweden Nine people were killed when their plane crashed during a skydiving trip near Umea, a small university city in northern Sweden, authorities said on S... 2 killed, 22 injured in plane crash at Russian airport A Russian passenger plane attempting to make an emergency landing missed the runway and crashed into a building, killing two crew members, authoritie... Three Britons and a South African killed in Dubai air crash Investigation launched after UK-registered light aircraft crashes near Dubai international airport Three Britons and a South African have died in a p... DJ Set To Be First Black African In Space Killed In Bike Crash A South African man who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike crash before turning his dream into reality, hi... Investigators identify some of the victims killed in Dallas plane crash Two crew members and eight passengers died when the Beechcraft BE-350 King Air crashed into the unoccupied building Sunday morning at Addison Municip... Thousands of motorcyclists ride in honor of 7 bikers killed in NH crash A long procession of motorcycles participated Saturday in a memorial ride in New Hampshire to remember seven bikers, including five Marines, killed i... Bodies Of Air Force Men Killed In An-32 Crash Recovered; Black Box Found The bodies of 13 Indian Air Force personnel who died in an An-32 aircraft crash last week in Arunachal Pradesh have been recovered today, a day after... Three British Crew Killed In Dubai Plane Crash: Report Three British people and a South African were killed Thursday in a plane crash close to Dubai airport, the United Arab Emirates' state news agency re... NTSB investigating Manhattan chopper crash that killed pilot The National Transportation Safety Board started investigating Tuesday why a helicopter crashed on the roof of a Manhattan tower, killing the pilot i... Poland: Ex-aide found guilty in crash that killed president A court in Poland has found a former government official guilty of negligence in the 2010 airplane flight to Russia that ended in a crash that killed... Wife, daughter of Wisconsin basketball coach killed in car crash The University of Wisconsin said Sunday that the wife and daughter of men’s basketball assistant coach Howard Moore were killed in a Michigan automob... At least one West Point cadet killed, more than 20 injured in rollover crash At least one West Point cadet was killed and nearly two dozen more injured when a military vehicle overturned near a training site on Thursday mornin... Thousands of chickens killed in northeast Iowa truck crash WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — Thousands of chickens were killed when a truck crashed in northeast Iowa. KCRG-TV reports the truck hauling a... West Point identifies cadet killed in rollover crash The U.S. Military Academy released the name of the cadet, who was from New Jersey, killed in Thursday's vehicle rollover. ... Brazilian pop star Gabriel Diniz killed in plane crash at age 28 A Brazillian pop singer with millions of fans on social media was killed in a plane crash at age 28, according to a report. Gabriel Diniz died travel... Trucker charged in crash that killed wedding-bound couple A California trucker was charged Wednesday in connection with a fiery crash that killed a New Jersey bride and groom driving to their wedding in Penn... Black boxes recovered from Russian Aeroflot crash that killed 41 The black box flight recorders have been recovered from the Aeroflot plane crash site at the Moscow airport where at least 41 people died, Russian of... 16-year-old Pikangikum First Nation evacuee killed in car crash: officials The chief of Pikangikum First Nation says the teen girl was one of more than 2,000 community members forced from their homes by a nearby forest fire.... 4 killed in Arizona head-on crash involving wrong-way driver GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say four people have been killed in a head-on car crash involving a wrong-way driver near Green Valley. Arizon... Woman killed, baby injured 6-vehicle crash in Phoenix PHOENIX (KPNX) – A woman was killed and a baby in her car was injured in a crash in Phoenix, officials said. Phoenix police say a woman driving... Two North Carolina men, dad killed in ATV crash at Tennessee adventure park Two North Carolina men and one of their fathers were killed Sunday after their all-terrain vehicle plummeted more than 100 feet down an embankment, a... Blessing of the Bikes mourns seven killed in fiery New Hampshire crash Authorities name bikers who died in accident on FridayAll were members or supporters of US Marine-linked clubA long-planned Blessing of the Bikes cer... Investigators examine wreckage of Texas plane crash that killed ten Federal investigators were examining the wreckage of a private turboprop plane on Monday to find out why it crashed into a hangar at an airport near ... The Latest: 12 treated after F-16 crash in California RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a military jet that crashed into a Southern California warehouse (all times local): 8:20 p.m. A fire official ... 9-year-old killed, 2nd child hurt in Texas drag racing crash Dallas police say a 9-year-old girl was killed and another child was seriously injured after the car they were riding in was hit by a vehicle that ha... Three family members killed by suspected drunk driver in upstate crash Authorities say three members of a New Jersey family heading to Niagara Falls were killed and six relatives were injured when an allegedly drunken dr... Spanish Soccer Icon José Antonio Reyes Killed In Car Crash Jose Antonio Reyes, former Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and Arsenal winger died in a car crash on Saturday. Sevilla FC, Reyes’s boyhood club, confirmed t... New Hampshire State Police say seven people were killed in crash between truck, motorcycles RANDOLPH, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire State Police say seven people were killed in crash between truck, motorcycles.... Grief In Sevilla As Former Star Jose Antonio Reyes Killed In Car Crash Jose Antonio Reyes won a European under-21 title with Spain in 2002 and went on to play 21 times for Spain between 2003 and 2006, scoring four goals.... Four-time Pikes Peak winner Dunne killed in race crash Four-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner Carlin Dunne is being mourned by the motorsport world after the 36-year-old was killed in a cras... Husband Killed In Ethiopian Air Crash, Woman Sues Boeing For $276 Million A French woman whose husband was killed in the March crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airliner in Ethiopia has filed a U.S. lawsuit against the planemaker s... Gabriel Diniz, Brazilian pop star, killed in plane crash aged 28 Singer with huge Brazilian fanbase died amid concerns that aircraft was not licensed for air taxi travelGabriel Diniz, one of Brazil’s most successfu... Trucker charged with 7 counts of negligent homicide in crash that killed motorcyclists A truck driver was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide for a gruesome collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire. &... Pickup truck driver arrested for fatal motorcycle crash that killed seven A pickup truck driver involved in a horrific New Hampshire crash that killed seven bikers was arrested Monday. Volodoymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, an employee... Thirteen killed after Russian passenger plane crash lands in Moscow Thirteen people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made ... College pole vaulter killed in boat crash on Texas lake A standout pole vaulter at the University of Houston died during a boating accident in Texas, authorities and school officials said. Robert Platt, a ... A hit-and-run scooter crash nearly killed him. Now he’s fighting for the data that could reveal the rider’s identity. A Chicago cyclist was injured by an electric scooter rider who fled the scene. Now he's gone to court to get the city's scooter companies to turn ove... Bikers, military vets mourn 7 killed in rural highway crash RANDOLPH, N.H. (AP) — Motorcyclists and military veterans are mourning seven members of a motorcycle club that includes Marines and their spouses who... Russia Says Crew Error Caused 2018 Plane Crash Which Killed 71 Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee said on Thursday that crew error was one of the reasons for the crash of an AN-148 passenger plane outside Mos... Honduras plane crash: five foreign tourists killed shortly after takeoff Conflicting accounts say victims travelling on private plane off Roatán island were from US or Canada Five foreign tourists died on Saturday after a ... Wife, daughter of Wisconsin hoops coach Howard Moore killed in car crash MILWAUKEE — The University of Wisconsin said Sunday that the wife and daughter of men’s basketball assistant coach Howard Moore were killed in ... ‘The Most Amazing Man,’ Friends Honor 22-Year-Old American Killed In Russian Plane Crash Jeremy Brooks, a 22 year-old American, was among the 41 people who died when a Russian plane burst into flames while making an emergency landing in M... Freshman college student among those killed in Seattle crane crash at Google campus Seattle Pacific University said in a statement that Sarah Wong was among those killed when the crane fell on Google’s new Seattle campus. ... Forty-one reported killed after Russian passenger plane crash-lands in Moscow Forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made... Pilot cites lightning strike; American among dead in Moscow crash that killed 41 The Aeroflot captain who landed a fiery Superjet 100 says a lightning strike and full fuel tanks may have led to the inferno that killed 41 people. ... Wife Of Pilot Killed In Bengaluru's Mirage 2000 Crash To Join Air Force Garima Abrol, wife of Squadron Leader Samir Abrol who was killed earlier this year while test flying a Mirage 2000 fighter jet in Bengaluru, has clea... Soccer: Czech striker Sural from Turkey's Alanyaspor killed in bus crash - club Czech soccer player Josef Sural from Turkey's top tier Aytemiz Alanyaspor was killed after a minibus carrying players from the club crashed while ret... Federal probe launched into Alaska float plane crash that killed at least 4 people A team of federal accident investigators is expected to arrive in Alaska Tuesday to try to piece together what caused a deadly midair collision betwe... UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by Ethiopia plane crash which killed 157, including at least 21 UN workers An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after take off from the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing more than 150 people on board. The UN S... The Latest: Officials seek help in motorcycle crash probe LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly crash between a pickup truck and several motorcycles in New Hampshire (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Auth... The Latest: Police: Hawaii crash victims were 9 men, 2 women HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a plane crash in Hawaii that killed 11 sky divers (all times local): 9:25 a.m. Some details are starting to be released... The Latest: Wrong-way crash in Arizona kills 5, police say KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly wrong-way crash in Arizona (all times local): ___ 2:35 p.m. Arizona authorities say a fifth person has d... The Latest: 4 Alaska crash victims in Seattle hospital ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a midair collision of two sightseeing floatplanes in Alaska that killed at least four people (all times local)... Auburn football’s long-time radio voice, wife killed in rear-end crash The long-time radio voice of Auburn football and his wife were killed Saturday when their SUV was rear-ended by a 16-year-old in another SUV, accordi... Elderly Chicago woman killed, 10 police officers injured in multiple-vehicle crash An elderly woman was killed and 10 Chicago police officers injured in a multiple vehicle crash over the weekend. One man - a civilian - was also inju... Trump donor from West Virginia among 7 Americans killed in copter crash in Bahamas, officials say A billionaire coal executive from West Virginia was among seven Americans killed in a helicopter crash near the Bahamas while traveling back to Flori... Town spokeswoman: 10 people killed in crash of plane at Addison, Texas municipal airport DALLAS (AP) — Town spokeswoman: 10 people killed in crash of plane at Addison, Texas municipal airport.... Wife, daughter of Wisconsin basketball assistant coach Howard Moore killed in crash The wife and daughter of Wisconsin assistant basketball coach Howard Moore were killed in a head-on collision Saturday. Moore and his son have been h... Patriots owner Robert Kraft pledges $100G to families of bikers killed in NH crash New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pledged Saturday to donate $100,000 to the families of seven motorcyclists killed in a New Hampshire crash la... B.C. pilot, resort owner killed in Honduras plane crash remembered as ‘great person’ Friends and family have confirmed that Patrick Forseth was the Canadian pilot killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday along with four America... Tesla Autopilot Malfunction Caused Crash That Killed Apple Engineer, Lawsuit Alleges Apple engineer Walter Huang was driving his 2017 Tesla Model X on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, California, the morning of March 23, 2018, when ... The Latest: Official: 10 dead in Dallas-area plane crash DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a small plane at a Dallas-area airport (all times local): 5:50 p.m. A town official says 10 people were kill... The Latest: Hungary boat crash captain formally arrested Hungarian prosecutors say a judge has ordered the formal arrest of a captain whose cruise ship collided with a sightseeing boat on the Danube River i... The Latest: Lawyer defends Hungary boat crash captain BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Latest on the deadly boat collision in Hungary earlier this week (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Lawyers for the captain of... The Latest: Retired fisherman saved plane crash passengers ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the midair collision of two sightseeing floatplanes in Alaska that killed six people (all times local): 6:15 a... MH17 plane crash: Father of Briton killed on downed flight says prosecution of four men could bring closure The father of one of the 10 Britons killed when the passenger plane MH17 was shot down over Ukraine said the prosecution of four men could bring clos... The Latest: Officer helped motorist before he was killed The Latest on the killing of a Mississippi police officer (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Less than hour before a Mississippi police officer was shot t... The Latest: 9 killed when plane used in sky dives crashes HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a fatal plane crash in Hawaii (all times local): 9:40 p.m. Honolulu’s fire chief says the plane that crashed Frid... The Latest: Sudan protesters say 40 killed since dispersal KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of the Sudanese military’s crackdown on a sit-in protest camp in the capital (all times loca... The Latest: 3 killed after pickup flattens trailer ID’d KNIGHTS LANDING, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on three family members killed after a suspected drunk driver plowed truck into trailer home (all times loc... The Latest: Deputy: Dad who killed kids has been respectful COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a death penalty trial for a South Carolina (all times local): 12:10 p.m. A deputy assigned to watch the South Car... The Latest: Dozens killed on Russian burning jet Russian officials are giving out conflicting numbers on a fiery airliner accident at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, but they indicate at least 40 peo... The Latest: 1 killed, 10 wounded in South Bend shooting SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on shootings in the Indiana city where Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is mayor (all times local)... The Latest: LA-area gunman who set fire to home killed SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a standoff with a gunman near Los Angeles (all times local): 8:10 p.m. Authorities have shot and killed a gu... The Latest: Jurors hear suspect say he killed scholar PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Latest from the trial of a former University of Illinois doctoral student charged with slaying a visiting scholar from China ... The Latest: Fire that killed 6 apparently started on stove NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a fatal fire in Harlem (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Authorities say an overnight fire in Harlem that claimed the lives... The Latest: Biker killed remembered as public servant PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on funerals for motorcyclists killed in a collision (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Police, family and fellow bikers ... The Latest: Ethiopia spokesman says military chief killed ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The Latest on unrest in Ethiopia. (all times local): 11:30 a.m. A spokesman for Ethiopia’s prime minister says the... The Latest: 11 killed, 6 hurt in shooting in Virginia Beach The Latest on a shooting at a municipal center in Virginia Beach (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Hospital officials say six people have been wounded in ... The Latest: 42 reported killed at 3 prisons in north Brazil The latest on deadly violence at prisons in northern Brazil (all times local): 8:35 p.m. Brazilian authorities say 42 inmates have been found dead at... The Latest: Police: Daughter, wife fled gunman who killed 4 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a quadruple murder-suicide in California (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Authorities say the wife and daughter of ... The Latest: Defense attorney: Client killed visiting scholar PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the federal death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois graduate student charged with kidnapping and kil... \| LATEST: Foreigners among 26 killed, 56 injured in Al-Shabaab attack on Somali hotel At least 26 people, including many foreigners, have been killed and 56 were injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants ... Texas plane crash: 10 killed in small plane accident at Dallas-area airport No one survived the accident, which occurred when a small plane collided with a vacant hanger in a fiery crash ... Motorcycle community mourns 7 killed in 'devastating' New Hampshire biker crash The tight-knit motorcycle community was reeling Sunday after a horrific biker collision left seven people dead and three injured in New Hampshire. &... 'I need to go to sleep': Video shows prior arrest of suspect in crash that killed 7 motorcyclists Police in Texas released video Thursday of a prior arrest of the pickup truck driver charged in the deaths of 7 bikers in New Hampshire last week. &... North Carolina dad on teen driver in crash that killed his son: 'I'm just praying for her' "I don't even know the girl's name," the father, Scott Belue, said. "I'm just praying for her, and I love her." ... Jeremy Kyle latest: ITV chiefs told to scrap show as MPs hit out at 'car-crash' programme over Steve Dymond death Jeremy Kyle show pulled after death of guest who 'failed lie detector test' MPs call on ITV bosses to axe the show for good Tory MP: "ITV would be be... PCSD: One person injured in crash involving a motorcycle crash on northwest side PIMA COUNTY — The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a crash involving a motorcycle on the northwest side. Authorities say... 9/11 victim’s remains identified nearly 18 years later NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have identified the remains of a 9/11 victim found at the World Trade Center. The New York City medical examiners’ ... Philippines: 1st known Filipino suicide attacker identified A Philippine general says authorities have identified as a Filipino militant one of two suicide attackers who set off bombs that killed five people a... Remains identified as those of missing Virginia woman RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The state medical examiner has identified human remains found last week as those of a Virginia woman missing since last month. N... All 12 Virginia Beach massacre victims identified Virginia Beach officials have identified the 12 victims of the mass shooting at the city’s municipal building. One of those killed when a disgruntled... Virginia Beach shooting victims identified 12 people were killed in a shooting Friday at a Virginia Beach municipal building. On Saturday, city officials named them, and showed their photos. (... Body of former Mouseketeer identified by Oregon authorities Authorities announced Thursday that the body found at the Oregon home of former Mouseketeer Dennis Day two months ago was the ex-child star, ending a... 12 victims identified in Virginia Beach shooting All but one of the 12 victims killed Friday in nation's deadliest shooting of the year worked for the city. ... Hundreds of North Korean 'execution sites' identified A human rights group claims to have identified 323 public execution sites in North Korea where the state has carried out its aggressive use of the de... First 9/11 victim identified in over a year: Medical Examiner’s office The city Medical Examiner’s office used DNA testing to identify the man, who is the 1,643rd victim to be identified from the attack that left 2,753 p... Suspect Identified in Virginia Beach Mass Shooting On Saturday Virginia Beach officials identified 40-year-old DeWayne Craddock as the lone gunman who opened fire on a municipal complex Friday afterno... Suspect identified in murder of defrocked New Jersey priest A suspect in the murder of a defrocked New Jersey priest who was killed in Nevada after his name appeared on a list of those credibly accused of sexu... See How a Time-Tested Chart Pattern Identified a Key Juncture Classic chart patterns apply to financial markets worldwide. One of these time-tested patterns had been in the making for 18 years when one of our an... Tesla Says It's Identified the Cause of That Viral Model S Fire in China Tesla makes some revisions after its viral car fire in Shanghai, Carlos Ghosn backs out of a last-minute press conference, Ford gets its data exposed... Mayor: City doesn’t want to be identified with Klan group CINCINNATI (AP) — An Indiana mayor is distancing his community from a local Ku Klux Klan group planning a rally in Ohio this month. The Honorable Sac... Phoenix 11-month-old found dead in toilet identified PHOENIX (KPNX) – An 11-month-old girl has died after she was found in a toilet Wednesday, Phoenix FD says. On Thursday, Phoenix police identifi... World War II U.S. prisoner of war identified 7 decades after death in Philippines Scientists have identified the remains of an Army sergeant who died more than seven decades ago in a Philippine prisoner of war camp during World War... Victims of knife attack on schoolgirls in Japan identified The two victims of a knife-wielding man’s attack on schoolgirls in Japan were identified as an 11-year-old girl and a Foreign Ministry official who w... Robert E. Lee statue bidder identified as Dallas law firm DALLAS (AP) — Records show a Dallas-based law firm put in the winning bid for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that once stood in a city pa... American mountain climbers missing in the Himalayas identified The two Americans among the team of eight mountain climbers lost in the Himalayas were identified on Sunday — as local officials revealed there was l... MCSO: Body pulled from canal in Tolleson; not identified yet TOLLESON, Ariz. (AP) — Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say a body has been recovered from a canal in Tolleson, west of Phoenix. They say th... PCSD: Woman identified in southwest side ‘suspicious’ death TUCSON – The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of the victim involved in a southwest suspicious death. The woman has... Dallas crane collapse victim identified as 29-year-old woman Residents in North Texas began to come to grips Monday with the widespread damage left after a sudden thunderstorm bearing near hurricane-strength wi... Site For Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Refinery Identified The 1.2 million barrels per day refinery and associated petrochemical project is seen as a game changer - offering India steady fuel supplies and mee... Dying New Jersey woman identified twin sister as her killer A dying New Jersey woman identified her twin sister as her killer after being knifed in the chest during a fight outside their home, a judge revealed... Bones of Powerful Medieval Queen Identified at Winchester Cathedral Archaeologists have potentially made a very important discovery after tests on human remains from early medieval mortuary caskets in England. They ex... Karl Lagerfeld spider among new Australian species identified by arachnologists Four of the five new species, which are only a few millimetres in diameter, are from Queensland and one is from NSWA Queensland Museum arachnologist ... Video Shows Naked Man Being Thrashed In Meghalaya, 1 Accused Identified Meghalaya Police on Wednesday said that they have identified one of the assailants in a disturbing viral video showing some youths relentlessly hitti... Man who paid for hit on David Ortiz reportedly identified by Dominican authorities The man was said in court documents to be a fugitive who used a go-between to pay approximately $7,800 for the shooting of Ortiz, who was injured in ... Remains of French soldier identified, South Korea military says The remains of a French soldier killed in the Battle of White Horse during the 1950-53 Korean War have been identified, according to Seoul's military... Fire Island drowning victim identified as Manhattan resident The woman who died in the water off Fire Island during a severe thunderstorm over the weekend was identified by officials Wednesday as a 67-year-old ... 16-year-old suspect of Colorado school shooting identified, will be tried as adult CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (NBC) – The two teenage suspects in a shooting spree at a Denver-area STEM school that killed one student and wounded eight ... Suspect accused of beating woman to death with scooter identified The suspect accused of beating a woman to death with a rental electric scooter near her California home has been identified as a 27-year-old man. Ama... Parrish pitches gem in FSU’s 1-0 win over Arkansas at CWS OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Drew Parrish limited Arkansas to five hits in eight innings and J.C. Flowers scored on a sacrifice fly in the ninth to give Florid... Man who allegedly paid for hit on David Ortiz reportedly identified by Dominican authorities The man was said in court documents to be a fugitive who used a go-between to pay approximately $7,800 for the shooting of Ortiz, who was injured in ... Airline passenger identified after storming cockpit, sparking hijack alert The airline passenger who stormed the cockpit and threatened to “kill everyone” on a Turkey-bound flight has been identified, according t... Florida authorities will probe boys reform school where at least 55 burials were identified Florida authorities announced Thursday they will officially begin examining the grounds of a former boys reform school in Florida in mid-July to dete... Binghamton University basketball player Calistus Anyichie identified in drowning Binghamton University basketball player Calistus Anyichie, 19, was identified as the man who drowned Sunday at Buttermilk Falls State Park. &#... Dominican Republic officials believe they have identified man who paid David Ortiz hitmen Dominican Republic authorities identified the man they believed paid hitmen to try and kill David Ortiz and that the mastermind was still at large an... Governor Bevin Recognizes Sacrifice Of Recently Identified KY WWII Sailor FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) – Governor Matt Bevin issued a statement after the remains of a Kentucky World War II-era sailor killed in the Pearl Ha... MH370 'hijacker' identified in new book as 'talented individual' who LANDED plane MH370 was likely flown to ground by a “talented and motivated” individual who fooled investigators over the doomed plane’s whereabouts, according to ... Human remains found in suitcase identified as missing Indianapolis man, police say Human remains that were found in a suitcase in southeast Indianapolis were identified as Larry Terry, 56, who was reported missing in March. &... FAA Says Potential Defective Parts Identified on 312 Boeing 737 Jets World-Wide U.S. air-safety regulators said parts inside the wings of more than 310 of Boeing’s 737 jets, including grounded MAX models, may be defective and nee... Body pulled from East River identified as missing college student The body pulled from the East River over a week ago has been identified as a 21-year-old University of Albany student who disappeared earlier this mo... Hundreds of North Korean execution sites identified, says rights group South Korea-based group says it has found more than 300 such sites after interviewing more than 600 defectors A human rights group says it has identi... Yael Stone Is Identified as ‘Witness X’ in Geoffrey Rush Defamation Case Evidence from Ms. Stone, who has accused Mr. Rush, the actor, of inappropriate behavior, was kept out of the trial of his defamation suit against an ... Teen rape suspect from ‘a good family’ identified as ex-Syracuse student The teenage rape suspect a New Jersey judge let off easy because he comes from “a good family,” was a student at Syracuse University — un... Have the Ancient Origins of Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster Been Identified on Film? A Scottish filmmaker has published evidence of the “true nature and origins" of the 1450-year-old mystery of the Loch Ness Monster, which he discover... "Godse Killed Gandhi, Pragya Killed His Soul", Says Kailash Satyarthi Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi today hit out at BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur for her comments that Nathuram Godse, who assassinated M... Local police have identified the suspected ice cream-licking culprit from viral video Twitter/BlindDensetsu A San Antonio teen was identified by Texas Police as the alleged "Lufkin Licker" — a woman who was filmed reportedly lic... Remains found in garbage bag identified as missing Texas girl Maleah Davis The remains discovered scattered along a highway in Arkansas last week have been positively identified as missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis, Houston po... Body found at Oregon house identified as missing Disney Mouseketeer Dennis Day What happened to missing Disney Mousketeer Dennis Day? Oregon police are now trying to find out after his body was identified. ... North Korea's public execution sites numbering in the hundreds identified in new report Over 300 sites in North Korea have been identified being the location of public executions carried out by the hermit kingdom, sometimes drawing hundr... Officials say the Clotilda, last known ship to bring enslaved persons to the US, has been identified in Alabama waters MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Officials say the Clotilda, last known ship to bring enslaved persons to the US, has been identified in Alabama waters.... Colorado school shooting updates: Victim identified, heroes emerge. Here's what we know One student is dead and eight others injured after two students opened fire at a suburban Denver STEM school on Tuesday. Here's the latest news.... Hundreds of North Korean Public Execution Sites Have Been Identified, Rights Group Says (SEOUL, South Korea) — A human rights group said Tuesday it has identified hundreds of spots where witnesses claim North Korea carried out publ... Fourth suspect identified in unsolved 1965 Selma murder of James Reeb William Portwood appears to admit involvement in death of white minister Reeb, killed as he marched for black voting rightsThe 1965 murder in Alabama... Ole Miss evens regional at Arkansas with 13-5 win FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Tyler Keenan homered and drove in four runs and Ole Miss tied its super regional series against Arkansas with a 13-5 win Su... Arkansas man, 81, scores two holes-in-one at golf course A recreational golfer getting through 18 holes is a feat in itself but scoring two holes-in-one during your round is a remarkable feat and it was acc... Arkansas man charged with murder after body found in car HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man faces a murder charge after sheriff’s deputies said they found a body in his car during an April traff... The battle to turn Arkansas's dry counties wet – with Walmart's help Many Arkansas counties are forbidden from selling alcohol, but campaigners, including the Walton family, want that to changeWarwick Milner sits outsi... Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue Arkansas over abortion ban Abortion rights supporters challenged an Arkansas law banning the procedure 18 weeks into a woman's pregnancy. &... Trial over Arkansas’ use of execution drug nearing end LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal trial over Arkansas’ use of a sedative in lethal injections is wrapping up in Little Rock following testimon... Historic flooding predicted along Arkansas River FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Residents in parts of Arkansas are preparing for what meteorologists are predicting will be the worst flooding in recorded hi... Officials say Arkansas underground dump fire has gone out BELLA VISTA, Ark. (AP) — Officials say a northwestern Arkansas underground dump fire that’s been burning for nearly a year has been extinguishe... More rain forecast for flooded Arkansas, Oklahoma Soaked areas of Arkansas and Oklahoma are forecast to receive more rain, increasing flooding concerns along the already swollen Arkansas River. Fort ... Lawsuit challenges Arkansas’ ban on abortions after 18 weeks LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Abortion rights supporters on Wednesday challenged an Arkansas law banning the procedure 18 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy and an... Barges strike dam on Arkansas River in Oklahoma Two barges that broke loose on the swollen Arkansas River have struck a dam in Oklahoma, and at least one sank into the river. Near Crescent, erosion... Flooding leads to Oklahoma and Arkansas evacuations Officials on Saturday warned some Tulsa residents to prepare to head to higher ground because old levees holding back the swollen Arkansas River are ... US state of Arkansas declares emergency over flooding Arkansas' governor proclaimed a state of emergency and ordered the National Guard to deploy rescue teams as the US state braces for record-breaking f... Arkansas pounds Ole Miss 14-1, earns return to CWS FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas secured a second straight trip to the College World Series by crushing Ole Miss 14-1 in the deciding game of its s... Aerial view of Arkansas River flooding Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson toured the widespread flooding in his state by helicopter. He said the floods are affecting hundreds of homes and th... Tucsonan volunteering to help flood victims in Arkansas FORT SMITH, Ark. – 75-year-old Joe Middendorf is in the first act of his second career. “If I weren’t doing this, I’d probabl... Record flooding causes Arkansas levee breach A levee along the Arkansas River has breached, prompting a flash flood warning and evacuation of a rural area in western Arkansas. Emergency official... Virginia Tech researchers have identified a cellular component in bacteria that triggers Lyme Disease symptoms (WSLS) A Virginia Tech researcher has made a discovery that could open the door to Lyme disease treatment. Brandon Jutras is an assistant professor o... Woman escapes brutal 6-hour rape by jumping from window, police say; suspect identified, sought A 29-year-old woman who'd been brutally beaten and raped last week escaped by jumping out a second-floor window at her tormentors New York City home ... Why did a helicopter fly through NYC airspace in rain and fog? ‘We’re not sure’ Air traffic controllers would have had to approve the New York City helicopter flight in Manhattan's tightly-controlled airspace, said Mayor Bill DeB... Two die when helicopter slams into Chesapeake Bay An investigation was underway Sunday on Maryland's Eastern Shore after a helicopter crashed into the Chesapeake Bay, killing both people aboard.... Helicopter goes down in Hudson River A commuter chopper crash-landed in the Hudson River on Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities. The Bell 206 went down at the shoreline near 12... Here Is All You Need To Know About Kedarnath Helicopter Yatra Kedarnath Helicopter Service: Pawan Hans limited, a Government of India enterprise, has started daily helicopter flight service from Phata to Kedarna... Arkansas tops TCU 6-0, gets 2nd straight home super regional Patrick Wicklander combined with two relievers on a five-hitter and Arkansas advanced to host a super regional for the second straight year with a 6-... Arkansas Catholic diocese settles abuse claims from 5 men Arkansas attorneys say the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock has agreed to settle accusations from five men who said a priest abused them when they wer... Arkansas protesters oppose endowment from professor's estate An Arkansas university is drawing criticism after accepting a scholarship endowment from the estate of a former professor who reportedly assigned gra... Outgoing Arkansas lawmaker takes job with Little Rock mayor LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The top Democrat in Arkansas’ majority-Republican House who resigned from office is taking a job leading the Little Ro... Campbell, Arkansas top TCU 3-1, reach final of home regional FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Isaiah Campbell allowed four hits over eight innings, matching the longest outing of his career and helping Arkansas advanc... Arkansas ex-lawmaker’s family saddened, angered by her death LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family of a former Arkansas lawmaker whose body was found at her home last week say they’re saddened and angered b... Family of Arkansas man shot by police files lawsuit LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family of a motorist who was fatally shot by a Little Rock police officer in February has filed a federal lawsuit agains... More showers raise flooding fears in Oklahoma, Arkansas TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Soaked areas of Oklahoma and Arkansas are forecast to receive more rain, increasing flooding concerns along the already swollen A... Arkansas Woman Accused Of Robbing Bardstown Bank BARDSTOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — An Arkansas woman was arrested after being accused of robbing a Bardstown bank Friday afternoon. Police got the call ... Sullivan’s 2-run double lifts Georgia past Arkansas, 3-1 HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Patrick Sullivan’s two-run double in the bottom of the eighth lifted Georgia to a 3-1 win over Arkansas on Thursday in the ... Arkansas newspaper gambles on free iPads as the future HOPE, Ark. (AP) — The publisher of the largest newspaper in Arkansas has said by the end of the year, the publication will no longer print or deliver... Lawsuit filed challenging Arkansas’ 18-week abortion ban LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion rights supporters are challenging three new Arkansas restrictions on the procedure, including one that bans abortio... Defending champ Ole Miss tops Arkansas 3-2 in SEC Tournament Thomas Dillard and Grae Kessinger drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in the eighth and defending Southeastern Conference Tournament champion Missis... Former Arkansas lawmaker changing plea in corruption case LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas lawmaker who is also the governor’s nephew is changing his plea to federal charges he spent thousand... Police: Arkansas woman arrested in ex-lawmaker’s death LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested an Arkansas woman in connection with the killing of a former state senator who was fo... At least 1 dead in vehicle submerged in Arkansas floodwaters, police say At least one person is dead in a submerged vehicle near Fort Chaffee, Arkansas on Tuesday, Officer James Breeden with the Barling Police Department t... Family of slain ex-Arkansas lawmaker “sickened” by arrest LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family of a former Arkansas state senator who was found dead outside of her home says it is “sickened and upset... Houston police: Child's remains found in Arkansas Police say the remains of a child were found Friday near a freeway in Arkansas where a community activist says a man told him he had dumped the body ... Storms predicted in areas beset by Arkansas River flooding FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — State highway officials have closed two bridges over the Arkansas River in Fort Smith as the waterway surges toward a record ... Sarah Sanders To Leave White House Job, Go Back To Arkansas WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, whose tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular press briefings and questions about th... Flooding in Arkansas, Oklahoma pushes river past its banks After days of storms in the midwest, the Arkansas River reached 45.86 feet, just under the 1943 record of 48.3 feet. ... Severe weather: Possible tornado hits Pine Bluff, Arkansas PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — A line of thunderstorms crossing the nation’s midsection spawned a suspected tornado that caused extensive damage in Pi... Suspected tornado hits Arkansas, leaving some people homeless The severe weather moved eastward Thursday after forcing people from their homes in Kansas, stranding dozens of Texas children at school overnight an... Arkansas rolls past Central Connecticut 11-5 in NCAA opener Trevor Ezell and Heston Kjerstad each homered along with another run-scoring hit and Arkansas rolled to an 11-5 victory over Central Connecticut Stat... Missing Texas hiker calls rescue in Arkansas a miracle MENA, Ark. (AP) — A Texas man who was found after he went missing for about a week while hiking alone in a remote area of Arkansas calls his rescue a... Arkansas, Oklahoma brace for historic flooding in storm-hit U.S. Midwest Communities along the swollen Arkansas River in Oklahoma and Arkansas prepared on Wednesday for further flooding, with the mayor of Tulsa urging thou... Park, Ciganda tied for LPGA Tour lead in Arkansas Sung Hyun Park birdied the final two holes for an 8-under 63 and a share of lead with Carlota Ciganda after the second round of the Walmart NW Arkans... Arkansas police fire officer who fatally shot motorist Police in Little Rock, Arkansas, have fired a white officer who killed a black motorist by shooting at least 15 times through the windshield as the c... Drone footage of the swollen Arkansas River; more rain expected Soaked areas of Oklahoma and Arkansas are forecast to receive more rain, increasing flooding concerns along the already swollen Arkansas River. ... Oklahoma, Arkansas face flood of 'historic magnitude' after storms Thousands of Arkansas and Oklahoma residents braced for more flooding on Wednesday and some evacuated their homes, as forecasts of more rain drove fe... River nears crest in west Arkansas, but rainfall looms Thousands of residents along the Arkansas-Oklahoma border have been impacted by widespread flooding along the swollen Arkansas River. (May 29) ... Remains found in Arkansas may be that of missing Maleah Davis, police say The remains of small child were discovered in a garbage bag along a freeway in Arkansas Friday and police are now saying it could “possibly” be that ... Police arrest woman in former Arkansas state senator's slaying Authorities have arrested a woman in connection with homicide investigation into former Arkansas State Senator Linda Collins-Smith's death last week.... Oklahoma Awash: Scenes From the Flooded Arkansas River Basin After record spring rains, Oklahoma’s reservoirs are full and rivers have spilled their banks. With the water still rising, downstream communities ar... Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana face flood of 'historic magnitude' Thousands of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana residents braced for more flooding on Wednesday, and some evacuated their homes, as forecasts of furthe... NAACP files federal suit against Arkansas judicial voting LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges the voting system for some Arkansas judges violates black residents’ rights by diluting the ... Arkansas judge asks to handle execution-related cases again LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge who participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration outside the governor’s mansion two years ago... QB recruit Chandler Morris' decision: Dad and Arkansas or Dabo and Clemson? Chandler Morris, the son of Arkansas coach Chad Morris, is a coveted recruit. But Dad has to fight for a recruiting victory over Dabo Swinney, his fo... Floods threaten communities along rain-swollen Arkansas River Communities are getting hit by flooding along the Arkansas River from downpours upstream that have prompted officials to open dams to protect some ci... Inbee Park shoots 62 to take LPGA Tour lead in Arkansas ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Inbee Park had five straight birdies in a 9-under 62 to take the first-round lead Friday in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.... Officials: Arkansas remains are those of missing girl Maleah Davis Texas authorities said Monday human remains found in Arkansas last week belong to four-year-old Maleah Davis, a girl who'd been missing for nearly a ... Barry threatens Louisiana, Arkansas, downgraded to tropical depression Tropical Depression Barry dumped rain as it slowly swept inland through Gulf Coast states Sunday, sparing New Orleans from a direct hit but stoking f... California Today: Would You Pay $195 to Take a Helicopter to Work? Friday: Commuters rise above traffic, Jessica Biel steps into the vaccination debate, Gavin Newsom’s first budget moves forward, and Silicon Valley t... Flooded Arkansas, Oklahoma brace for more rain; Southeast gets record heat Flooded Arkansas and Oklahoma were bracing for more rain that will feed the already swollen Arkansas River, forecasters said on Monday, as Missouri d... Missing medical school graduate from Arkansas found safe in Mexico _____ A recent medical school graduate and Arkansas native who went missing in Mexico has been found safe, Mexican officials said late on Friday. Jes... Pine Bluff officials: Flood won’t sink Arkansas city’s hopes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An economically struggling Arkansas city is preparing for record-breaking floods, though local officials say even after the ... Sung Hyun Park birdies 18th for LPGA Tour win in Arkansas ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Sung Hyun Park two-putted for birdie on the par-5 18th to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday for her second LPGA ... Auburn, Arkansas give SEC half of College World Series field The Southeastern Conference flexed its baseball muscles Monday, with Auburn and Arkansas posting blowout wins in the deciding games of their super re... Flood risk abates for Arkansas city as water advance slows LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Officials from an Arkansas community where a levee breached say the risk of widespread flooding has abated because the Arkan... Levee failures along Mississippi, Arkansas rivers prompt mandatory evacuations Residents in several communities located near the swollen Mississippi and Arkansas rivers were forced to flee their homes on Thursday and Friday foll... Houston police find remains in Arkansas in hunt for missing 4-year-old Houston police said they believe they've located the remains of a 4-year-old girl Friday after her mother's former fiancé told authorities where he d... Arkansas River bursts through levee north of Little Rock, triggering evacuations A levee breach along the rain-swollen Arkansas River Friday prompted a flash flood warning and evacuation around Dardanelle and Holla Bend. &#... Arkansas community braces for flooding impact on Memorial Day weekend: 'Keep everybody in your prayers' Historic flooding in Northwest Arkansas has residents and business owners preparing for the wors as the National Weather Service warned of a "dangero... Documents say Arkansas man accused of killing mom in Tucson attempted to burn home down TUCSON – The Arkansas man arrested in connection to the murder of his 73-year-old mother on May 1 was charged for attempting to burn down the v... Former Arkansas state senator found dead from gunshot wound: report Authorities in Arkansas have reportedly opened a homicide investigation into the death of a former Arkansas state senator who was found dead in her h... Sex offender arrested after allegedly saying he would 'rape the first woman he sees,' Arkansas sheriff says A convicted sex offender who drew a warning from officials in Arkansas on Monday before his release from a hospital was back behind bars hours later ... Woman arrested in connection with death of ex-Arkansas lawmaker Linda Collins LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Authorities on Friday night said they’ve arrested an Arkansas woman in connection with the killing of a former state senator who ... Arkansas Company Buys Remainder Of Branson Duck Boat Fleet LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The company that originally owned a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer killing 17 people has sold the remain... Baby kangaroo dies after escaping truck at Arkansas military base A baby kangaroo who was found dead Monday after hopping out of a truck while visiting an Arkansas military base for an event may have been attacked b... Arkansas losing over $20M a day from record flooding as residents brace for water to keep rising Historic flooding in Arkansas continues as the water travels south and communities around Little Rock are preparing for the Arkansas River to reach i... Arkansas defensive tackle Briston Guidry retiring after seven knee surgeries University of Arkansas defensive tackle Briston Guidry said he is retiring from football after undergoing seven knee surgeries in the last few years.... Factbox: History of helicopter crashes in New York A deadly helicopter crash on the roof of a New York City skyscraper on Monday was the latest in a series of accidents involving choppers in the large... Investigators recover helicopter that crashed in Bahamas Accident investigators in the Bahamas say they’ve recovered the helicopter that crashed off the coast of a remote private island on July 4. Seven Ame... US Navy's next-gen helicopter drone is ready for service It took a few years, but the US Navy's beefier Fire Scout helicopter drone is finally ready for action... more or less. The military branch has... Mexican military helicopter crashes, killing six A Mexican military helicopter engaged in firefighting operations crashed in central Mexico on Friday, killing five members of the Navy crew and an in... German military helicopter crashes, at least 1 dead BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany say that a military helicopter has crashed in the north of the country and at least one person has been killed. ... Uber launching helicopter service to JFK this summer Uber is finally ready to take to the skies — and has chosen the Big Apple for its helicopter-sharing debut. The ride-hailing giant said Thursday its ... Uber launches helicopter service in New York The new service transports passengers from Manhattan to the John F. Kennedy International Airport for about $200. ... Florida Man Arrested In Helicopter Laser Strike A Florida man was arrested Wednesday for shining a laser light at a sheriff’s helicopter. Just after 9:30 p.m., the Manatee County Sheriff̵... New York Helicopter Pilot Was Not Certified To Fly In Bad Weather The pilot who died when he crashed his helicopter atop a Manhattan skyscraper was not licensed to fly the aircraft in bad weather, the Federal Aviati... Germany military helicopter crashes near Hanover At least one person was killed, according to several news outlets. The government and armed forces have been plagued by aging equipment, prompting ca... A4 crash: 'Innocent' pensioner dies after crash involving 'nine cars travelling at high speed' An "innocent" pensioner driving home with his wife has died after he was involved in a crash with up to nine cars "travelling at high speed", police ... Remains confirmed to be missing Texas 4-year-old Maleah Davis found in Arkansas Forensic scientists confirmed Monday that the remains found are Maleah Davis, who was reported missing more than three weeks ago. ... Former Arkansas lawmaker Linda Collins-Smith found shot dead in her home Former Arkansas state senator Linda Collins-Smith was found shot dead in her home, and authorities are treating her death as a homicide, according to... Ex-Arkansas state senator’s campaign staffer, 'friend' charged in politician’s murder The former campaign staffer and “friend” suspected in this month’s shooting death of former Arkansas state Sen. Linda Collins-Smith has been charged ... Arkansas residents assess damage after historic flooding, shift focus to rebuilding After historic flooding in Arkansas left communities underwater, many people and families who evacuated are finally able to make their way back by bo... Enable-owned natgas line ruptures in Garland County, Arkansas -media CarlYA natural gas pipeline owned by Enable Midstream Partners LP exploded in Garland County, Arkansas, local media reported, adding that the line wa... Medical Examiner Confirms Remains Found in Arkansas Are Those of 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis Decomposed remains found in Arkansas late last week have been confirmed to be those of 4-year-old Maleah Davis, the Houston child reported missing fr... Remains believed to be missing Texas 4-year-old Maleah Davis found in Arkansas Homicide investigators are bringing the remains back to Houston for an autopsy to determine identity and cause of death, police said. &#... Arkansas city trying to save homes in effort to stem flow of massive flooding Crews in a small city in Arkansas were making a last effort on Saturday to save low-lying parts of the town from floodwaters pouring through a breach... Arkansas judge asks court to allow him to hear death penalty-related cases again An Arkansas judge is petitioning the state Supreme Court to restore his judicial power to preside over capital punishment-related cases after he was ... US Military Helicopter Destroyed In Afghanistan "Hard Landing" Passengers and crew aboard a US military helicopter were injured when the chopper they were travelling in was destroyed during a "hard landing" in Af... Video: Helicopter Spirals Down Into Hudson River, 2 Injured A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Wednesday shortly after taking off from Manhattan, causing minor injuries to the pilot... A helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River in New York City ABC7 A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Wednesday, the fire department said. Only the pilot was on board, and was safe... Bishop to perform exorcism on entire city from helicopter A Catholic bishop in Colombia is going to new heights in efforts to perform an exorcism – as he plans to spray holy water over an entire city from a ... Helicopter crashes into Hudson River in New York, injuring two A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Wednesday shortly after taking off from Manhattan, causing minor injuries to the pilot... Mexican military helicopter crashes, killing five crew A Mexican military helicopter engaged in fire-fighting operations crashed in central Mexico on Friday, killing five members of the Navy crew, the Nav... Only in New York: the services offering helicopter rides to the wealthy The Big Apple has long had an infatuation with flying over the city, but there’s a risk in choosing the air over driving congested streetsWhile those... Twitter slams helicopter joyriders who jammed sky during NYC fireworks It wasn’t just the fireworks lighting up the sky Thursday night. Helicopters swarmed the skies of lower Manhattan, annoying grounded New Yorkers — bu... Sikorsky flies Black Hawk helicopter without a pilot Sikorsky for the first time operated a Black Hawk helicopter with full-authority, fly-by-wire flight controls in the Lockheed Martin company's quest ... Witness felt building shake as helicopter crashed A helicopter crash-landed on the roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, killing the pilot and briefly unnerving the city. The crash happened ... South Carolina law enforcement helicopter crashes at airport SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina law enforcement say a helicopter on a flying mission crashed at an airport. News outlets report the SC Law En... NASA is putting the finishing touches on its Mars helicopter The Mars 2020 mission will truly be one for the record books when it begins in July of next year. Not only is the Mars 2020 rover one of the most adv... Venezuelan army helicopter crashes near Caracas, killing seven A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed close to Caracas on Saturday morning, killing all seven people on board, the Defense Ministry said in a stat... Army helicopter with 12 aboard missing in Indonesia’s Papua JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — A military helicopter carrying 12 people has gone missing in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua. Papua milita... First All-Women IAF Crew Fly Mi-17 Helicopter In Battle Training Mission Three women Indian Air Force officers from Punjab were part of the country's first all-women crew to fly a medium lift helicopter Mi-17 V5 on Monday.... Amazon's new delivery drone is a helicopter-airplane hybrid Amazon's Prime Air drone delivery still isn't a practical reality, but that isn't stopping the company from iterating on its robotic f... Helicopter crashes into Chesapeake Bay; two bodies recovered: report Emergency responders in Maryland say they have recovered the bodies of two men who were aboard a helicopter that plunged into the Chesapeake Bay on S... Video shows moment helicopter goes down in Hudson River New video shows the moment a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Wednesday. The clip, posted to Snapchat, shows the charter chopper traveling so... Helicopter Rescue Briefly Becomes Carnival Ride From Hell First responders airlifted an injured 74-year-old woman off Piestewa Peak near Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday morning. She was reportedly recovering by ... 2 injured after helicopter crashes into the Hudson River: officials A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Wednesday shortly after taking off from Manhattan, causing minor injuries to the pilot... Hawaii tour helicopter crashes, killing all 3 aboard A tour helicopter crashed in a suburban Hawaii community on Monday, killing all three people aboard. ... Air Force Gets Its First Apache Attack Helicopter At Boeing Plant In US The first Apache Guardian attack helicopter was formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at a production facility of Boeing in Arizona on Friday,... Vietnam launches first helicopter sightseeing flights over Halong Bay Cruising Halong Bay is one of the must-dos when visiting Vietnam. And the fun is getting elevated to new heights with Vietnam launching sightseeing h... Pilot: Engine of helicopter he built quit before it crashed NEW CANEY, Texas (AP) — The helicopter ended up on the ground near a Houston-area church.... Mother grizzly bear killed by train, then her 2 cubs struck and killed by another train, Montana officials say A grizzly bear family grazing by train tracks near Glacier National Park in Montana all died when they were struck by trains in two incidents just ho... A company called Armbruster-Stageway out of Fort Smith, Arkansas has quite a long history of buildin A company called Armbruster-Stageway out of Fort Smith, Arkansas has quite a long history of building funeral coaches and limos. Back in the ’70s, it... Arkansas authorities confirm dead body found earlier this week is former GOP state lawmaker Authorities in Arkansas confirmed on Thursday that a woman found dead outside her home this week is former Republican state Sen. Linda Collins-Smith.... Remains found in Arkansas amid search for missing Texas girl Maleah Davis, 4 _____ The remains of a child’s body were found Friday in Arkansas as authorities searched for a missing 4-year-old Texas girl who disappeared from Ho... Arkansas communities hold “sandbagging parties” and prepare for dark flood days ahead A tense situation is dawning for the many thousands in and around the North Little Rock pockets by the Arkansas River, who have little choice but to ... Federal court rules Duggar sisters' privacy lawsuit can proceed against an Arkansas city A lawsuit filed by four reality show sisters can proceed against an Arkansas city that released confidential information about their alleged sexual a... Prosecutors charge ex-aide Rebecca O'Donnell in death of former Arkansas Sen. Linda Collins-Smith A woman described as a onetime campaign aide and "good friend" to former Arkansas lawmaker Linda Collins-Smith has been charged with capital murder i... Friend of slain former Arkansas state senator Linda Collins-Smith charged with murder A friend of the ex-Arkansas state senator found shot dead in her home this month was charged with her murder on Monday. Rebecca Lynn O’Donnell,... Judge vacates Arkansas man's death sentence in 1994 kidnap, murder of Texas girl A federal judge in Indiana Thursday threw out the federal death sentence for an Arkansas man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 16-year-old Texa... Prince Harry and Meghan forced from home by helicopter pictures Prince Harry has accepted "substantial damages" and an apology from a picture agency that used a helicopter to take photos of the home he shared with... GenDyn tapped for AH-1Z helicopter gun turrets for Navy, Bahrain in $7.5M contract General Dynamics was awarded a $7.5 million contract modification for 37 helicopter-mounted gun turrets for use on AH-1Z Vipers of the U.S. Navy and ... Cops use helicopter to rescue elderly man from Staten Island marsh NYPD officers swooped down in a helicopter to rescue an 83-year-old man who was stuck in a Staten Island marsh on Thursday, authorities said. The eld... Let's revisit the comic where Thanos flew around New York in a helicopter and got arrested Marvel’s 1991 The Infinity Gauntlet storyline was a star-making event for Thanos, an alien tyrant with dreams of intergalactic genocide who was liter... NASA sent a helicopter on a nosedive to test Mars landing hardware NASA’s Mars 2020 mission could teach us some incredible new things about our planetary neighbor, and even provide us with valuable insights tha... Rockwell Collins to overhaul 'Blackhawk' helicopter displays in $49.1M contract Rockwell Collins Co. received a $49.1 million contract for work on display units of the Army's UH-60 "Blackhawk" helicopters, the Defense Department ... Helicopter crushes flowers as crowds flock to 'super bloom' Park officials say many wildflower tourists have been well-behaved, but some have ignored pleas to stay on trailsIn one of the most famous literary d... How Squishy Robotics created a robot that can be safely dropped out of a helicopter If you want to build a robot that can fall hundreds of feet and be no worse the wear, legs are pretty much out of the question. The obvious answer, t...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4316
__label__wiki	0.632249	0.632249	Fremont City Council Candidate’s Campaign Sign Vandalized in ‘Possible Hate Crime’ Fremont City Council candidate Justin Sha’s vandal case is now being looked at as a “possible hate crime” by the authorities after unnamed suspects drew swastikas on the politician’s campaign sign. The vandalism happened on Wednesday when Sha, who is running for the District 4 seat in Fremont City, California, was informed about one of his campaign signs being defaced with a backwards swastika drawn on his forehead along with devil horns. “Two nights ago, on my personal Facebook page, I wrote a post about many of my yard signs being removed and replaced with my opponent’s,” Sha wrote on his Facebook post on October 12. “Last night, my banners in the Mission area were defaced. I was informed by private property owners this morning. “P.S. drawing a swastika on my forehead is not only trespass to chattels, but also a criminally prosecutable hate crime” After learning of this incident through a Facebook post, the Fremont Police Department officially launched an investigation and the case was later brought to the attention of Chief Kimberly Petersen and the Command Staff. Carl Samson· April 24, 2018 Vancouver Mayor Apologizes to Chinese Community for City’s Racist Past “Fremont is over 50 percent immigrant, so it is deeply troubling that it is happening here. In many ways, we are supposed to be a model for other parts of America,” said Sha, who was “very shocked” after seeing the swastika drawn on his forehead in the campaign said, according to The Mercury News. He then relayed a message to the culprit behind the hate crime vandalism by pointing out that the person wanted other candidates to win. “My message would be to ask yourself whether you would like what was done to me done to you or your own family members. You clearly want someone else to win, and that’s fine,” he said. “But do you have to use a universally abhorred symbol of hate to get your message across? If you disagree with my ideas, then let’s discuss so we can come up with better ones. But don’t weaponize the pain and suffering of others to do it.” Images via Facebook / Justin4Fremont Asian-Americanvandalism	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4318
__label__cc	0.623867	0.376133	Hugo Awards – 2019 The Hugos are awarded annually at WorldCon for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). This year’s WorldCon will be held in Dublin for the first time. The prestigious Hugo Awards honor literature and media as well as fan activities and will be presented on August 18. Check out the nominees below: The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse Best Novella Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard Best Novelette “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, 29 November 2018) “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections,” by Tina Connolly (Tor.com, 11 July 2018) “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth,” by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com, 19 September 2018) The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing) “The Thing About Ghost Stories,” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018) “When We Were Starless,” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018) Best Short Story “The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018) “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018) “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018) “STET,” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018) “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018) “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018) The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer S.A. Chakraborty R.F. Kuang Jeannette Ng Vina Jie-Min Prasad Rivers Solomon Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland The Invasion, by Peadar O’Guilin Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman Awards are also given to the artists and editors, as well as to the magazines that the legions of scifi/fantasy fans enjoy. See https://dublin2019.com/hugo-finalists/ for the nominees in those categories. Congratulations to all! 🙂 Posted in Bestselling Author, Book List, Debut Author, Dystopian, Fantasy, Nominated for Award, Paranormal, Saga, Sci-Fi, Short Stories/Collection, Young Adult/TeenTagged award nominees, fantasy, Hugo, paranormal, Sci-fiLeave a comment 10 of the Best Books of the Past Year-2017 Update …and the prize goes to… Readers all over the world choose their next book based on the award winners announced by various organizations during the recent year. Here is a list of ten popular awards for recent novels in the adult category to receive applause and/or rave reviews from colleagues in the genre or from readers who loved the books. Have you read any books on the list? If so, let us know what you enjoyed about them in the comment section. Agatha Award given to mystery writers, in 2016 best contemporary novel: Bram Stoker Award for 2016 best in horror or dark fantasy: “The Fisherman” by John Langan Christy Award for excellence in Christian fiction 2016: “The Five Times I Met Myself” by James L. Rubart Edgar Allen Poe Award awarded by Mystery Writers of America 2017: “Before the Fall” by Noah Hawley Goodreads Choice Awards chosen by readers 2016 (Fiction): “Truly Madly Guilty” by Liane Moriarty Hugo Awards awarded for the best Science Fiction or Fantasy 2017: “The Obelisk Gate” by N.K. Jemisin Macavity Award given to favorite 2016 mystery by Mystery Readers International: “The Long and Faraway Gone” by Lou Berney Man Booker Prize literary prize for best 2016 novel: “The Sellout” by Paul Beatty National Book Award for fiction given to U.S. authors 2016: Nebula Awards presented by Science Fiction Writers for 2016 work: “All the Birds in the Sky” by Charlie Jane Anders Posted in Adventure, Award Winner, Bestselling Author, Book List, Christian, Cozy, Fantasy, General, Mystery, Nominated for Award, Sci-Fi, Suspense, ThrillerTagged Awards, BramStoker, Christian, crime, Goodreads, Hugo, Macavity, mystery, Sci-fiLeave a comment	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4320
__label__wiki	0.954521	0.954521	UP IN SMOKE: Legal marijuana bill canceled, didn’t have the votes Louis C. Hochman TRENTON -- There will be no vote on legalizing recreational marijuana in New Jersey Monday, after legislative leaders struggled to get together enough votes to pass a bill. That leaves uncertain when the state Legislature will try again -- though legislative leaders say they're resolute it will. Other bills announcing an expansion of the state's medical marijuana program and making expungements for past marijuana offenses easier have also been scuttled for now. Senate President Steve Sweeney, immediately after announcing no vote would take place, expressed a "firm commitment" to legalizing marijuana . “While we are all disappointed that we did not secure enough votes to ensure legislative approval of the adult use cannabis bill today, we made substantial progress on a plan that would make significant changes in social policy," he said. He praised Gov. Phil Murphy for working with himself and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, and pledged "this fight is not over.," “I’m disappointed that the legislature was not able to secure sufficient support necessary to approve the adult-use cannabis, medicinal marijuana and expungement bills today, but this is still a historic day. We moved closer to the goal than ever before," Coughlin said in an announcement from his office Monday. Sweeney has previously said if a vote didn't occur today, marijuana legislation could have to wait until next year. The calendar has been the main reason today loomed as a key date. After today's hearings, most legislative action goes on hiatus for seven weeks while budget committees hold intensive hearings. At minimum, that makes a vote before the spring unlikely. “While this legislation is not advancing today, I remain committed to its passage. The Senate was very close to 21 votes and, with more education and advocacy, I believe we will get this legislation across the finish line," Sweeney said. Several counts put the state Senate at two to three supporters short of enough votes to pass the proposed legal marijuana bill, though there was enough support in the state Assembly to pass that chamber. “This is an issue that isn’t going away. We’ve made a few mistakes, we’ll fix them, we’ll move forward and come back. The legalization or marijuana will get passed in the state of New Jersey one way or another," Senate President Steve Sweeney said at a press conference on Monday afternoon. “We’ve gotten much farther than we ever expected," Senator Nick Scutari said. Sweeney said the next vote will happen "as soon as I know I have 21 votes for sure." At the press conference, Sweeney said overcoming objections of two of his colleagues will be challenging. “There are some people who are philosophically opposed, period. Sen. Rice, I have the greatest respect for Senator Rice. He believes this is bad policy. So you have some people, Sen. Fred Maddens, former head of the State Police. You have some people who are opposed to the legalization of the adult use of marijuana," Sweeney said. The legalization bill was one of about 60 up for a vote during the Senate session scheduled to start at noon. A related bill, S3205, would make it possible to expunge the records for possession up to 5 pounds and waive fees for processing. "This is a huge victory for us. They told us legalization was inevitable, and this action proves them wrong," Dr. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action and a former drug policy adviser to the Obama Administration, said. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, predicts the bill, which his group opposed, is dead. “We don’t think legalization is coming back for a winning vote. We think that this is done. We agree with one thing Gov. Murphy said last week, which was Monday or never,” Sabet said. Filed Under: marijuana, Newsletter, recreational marijuana, Trenton	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4321
__label__wiki	0.767141	0.767141	Final results of the 2018 Judith Wright Poetry Prize 7.Mar.19 Established in 2007 and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize seeks outstanding poetry from new writers. This year’s judges – poets Alison Whittaker, Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng and Toby Fitch (who is also Overland’s poetry editor) – whittled 650 entries down to a shortlist of just nine outstanding works, and then narrowed this list further, to the poems that placed first, second and third. ‘The three winning poems, as with those on our shortlist, are vastly different in their aesthetics,’ note the judges, ‘but what unites them is a shared ethics of seeing the world and its sociopolitical constructs anew, and a searching for patterns that might make sense of what’s impossible to resolve – our shared, though disparate, existence in the Anthropocene.’ Overland, the judges and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation are thrilled to announce the results of the 2018 Judith Wright Poetry Prize: First place ($6000) ‘Acacia Land’ – Julie Jedda Janson ‘Acacia Land’ is set in Ngiyampaa country in the outback, where a police car cruises on a quiet as death night. It tells us about meeting a ghost in a goat ravaged landscape near the outback town of Wilga, a tidy town. Julie Jedda Janson is a Burruberongal woman of Darug nation. She is a teacher, artist, playwright and poet. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Poetry Prize. Her published works include The Crocodile Hotel (Cyclops Press, 2015) and The Light Horse Ghost (Nibago, Booktopia, 2018). Second place ($2000) ‘nadelstich’ – Joel Scott Looking at graphic works by a friend, thinking about planes of vision and depth in time, slipping into memories of childhood, of my mother, questioning the justification of art without just inversions. Joel Scott is a poet and translator from Sydney who now lives in Berlin. He has published the chapbooks DIARY FARM (Vagabond Press, 2014) and BILDVERBOT (cross nougat press, 2017). His translation of volume two of Peter Weiss’s The Aesthetics of Resistance will be published by Duke University Press in 2020. Third place ($1000) ‘Surfing at Blackfellas’ – Ross Belton ‘Surfing at Blackfellas’ is inspired by a surf break encountered during a journey around the southern Australian coast and the code of silence that hangs over so much of our colonial history. Ross Belton grew up in Esperance on the Western Australian south coast, graduated in environmental science and has worked in disability facilitation, as a zookeeper, political hack and public servant. He lives with his son Jacky Blue and Jo the Cripster in Fremantle where he writes recipes for climate change lamingtons. You can read the full judges’ report, along with ‘Acacia Land’, ‘nadelstich’ and ‘Surfing at Blackfellas’ in Overland 234, which will be out in late March. The Judith Wright Poetry Prize is supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4323
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__label__cc	0.725132	0.274868	ABOUT PETRI Paul & Lillian Petri were both born in 1877. Paul was a tenor who studied voice in New York City before traveling to Europe to continue his musical training under eminent teachers in London and Berlin. Lillian Jeffreys Petri was an accomplished pianist who studied and taught piano in New York, Berlin, and London. Professor and Mrs. Petri were beloved music teachers, respected by their students throughout Oregon. Although the Petris have long since passed, their musical influence continues today. The Petris bequeathed their estate to the Benton Community Foundation (BCF) in Corvallis, Oregon to help talented young musicians continue their study of music. BCF awards a scholarship from the Lillian & Paul Petri Music Study Fund every two years to a talented young musician. Applicants must be a resident of Oregon or an Oregon high school graduate and desire to pursue a musical career. The scholarship provides $8,000 for a winner toward advanced study within the United States or abroad for the 2 years following the award. The determination of whom shall be granted a scholarship from the Lillian & Paul Petri Music Study Fund is made on the basis of a musical performance competition judged by notable professionals in the field. The finalists who are not awarded scholarship will receive $500 travel grant. BCF partners with Oregon Music Teachers Association (OMTA) to plan and facilitate the competition. The 2019 Competition The competition is open for all instruments and voice. Up to six finalists will be selected from the pool of applicants. Finalists will perform at the Petri Competition at Portland State University on June 23, Sunday, 2019. The competition will be open to the public and a panel of judges will select the award recipient. The decision of the judges is final. The winner be required to give a solo recital of 70-80 min in Oregon in 2019-2020. Details will be given after the competition. Applicants must be a resident of Oregon or an Oregon high school graduate, and desire to pursue a musical career. Applicants who are currently attending school outside of Oregon may fulfill the residency requirement by submitting proof of graduation from High School in Oregon. Applicants must be 21 to 35 years of age at the time of the award. To be considered for the Petri Scholarship, please submit the following on or before May 31, Friday, 2019: Dr. Julia Hwakyu Lee School of Music, College of the Arts Portland State University A completed on-line application form. A cover letter. Briefly explain your plans for music study and how you will use the scholarship award. Describe your goals for your music career and what affect this award will have on your career and professional life. Biography of the applicant in MS Word format (not to exceed 150 words). Include past participation in competitions, festivals and other public events. Portrait photo in electronic format, to be used for the Competition brochure printing. Biography and photo should be e-mailed to info@petrischolarship.org Repertoire list. Include all of the pieces you will perform at the competition with the timing for each piece notated. Repertoire should reflect the musical and technical demands of a formal recital, 30–45 minutes in length, and cover a variety of historical styles and genres. No changes in repertoire are allowed following submission of the application. Only for piano and voice, detailed repertoire requirements are listed below. YouTube (or other video sharing sites) link to the video recordings or a DVD of the performance (no need to mail a DVD if a YouTube link is provided in the Application Form). Proof of Oregon residence. Submit a photocopy of a current Oregon driver’s license and proof of an Oregon address for the past 12 months. Out of state students studying in Oregon should submit a photocopy of student ID, along with current college transcripts. Students who grew up in Oregon, but who are attending school elsewhere, should submit a copy of final transcripts or a diploma from an accredited Oregon high school or a GED issued by the State of Oregon. Applicants should submit a completed application form and all materials along with a $35 non-refundable fee. Make check payable to OMTA (Oregon Music Teachers Association). Decisions of competition judges are final. A winner may not enter again. Competition performances are open to the public. Competition rehearsals are closed to the public. The assigned rehearsal and performance times are final and cannot be changed. You must provide your own accompanist, if one is needed. Recorded accompaniments are not permitted. Works written using supplemental sounds, including those either electronically or acoustically produced or pre-recorded, are not permitted. Competition Procedure Contestants must perform from memory. No repeats. Music for the ensembles does not have to be memorized. Programmed music may exceed maximum time limit. Performance will be stopped when the maximum time is reached. (This will not affect results) The performer chooses the first selection; judges determine the remaining order of performance. Repertoire Requirements Solo repertoire from at least two different periods of music (baroque, classical, romantic, impressionistic, contemporary). Transcriptions are allowed. Concerto performances are not permitted for piano. Compositions for prepared piano are not permitted. Individual movements of suites, sonatas or other groupings that can be performed as musical units are permitted. The program [a minimum of eight (8) selections] must contain repertoire in the original language from each of the following categories: (include the name of any identifying work from which a song is taken). Two (2) arias from opera or oratorio repertoire, sung in the original key German Lied French Mélodie Art song in English written after 1900. At least three (3) additional song(s) or aria(s) of the entrant’s choice in the original language. Judges will be announced soon… "I feel I took a ‘giant step’ toward becoming truly educated during that year as recipient of the Petri Award." Miss Edith Kilbuck Christopher Scherer Previous Petri Award Winners BENTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 660 NW Harrison Blvd. PO Box 911 Corvallis, OR 97339 info@petrischolarship.org www.petrischolarship.org Locate us on Map Copyright 2017 - Petri Scholarship. All Rights Reserved	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4335
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__label__cc	0.571758	0.428242	January 2019, VOLUME 143 / ISSUE 1 Clinical Report Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families CDR, Chadley R. Huebner, SECTION ON UNIFORMED SERVICES, COMMITTEE ON PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH Children in US military families share common experiences and unique challenges, including parental deployment and frequent relocation. Although some of the stressors of military life have been associated with higher rates of mental health disorders and increased health care use among family members, there are various factors and interventions that have been found to promote resilience. Military children often live on or near military installations, where they may attend Department of Defense–sponsored child care programs and schools and receive medical care through military treatment facilities. However, many families live in remote communities without access to these services. Because of this wide geographic distribution, military children are cared for in both military and civilian medical practices. This clinical report provides a background to military culture and offers practical guidance to assist civilian and military pediatricians caring for military children. ABA — ACD — DOD — DODEA — ECHO — Extended Care Health Option EFMP — FAP — Family Advocacy Program OSS — overseas suitability screening Children who are military connected have unique needs and experiences compared with peers of the same age. These experiences often include frequent moves, prolonged separations, and deployments of family members. Although these challenges may be familiar to military and civilian health care providers working at military treatment facilities, up to 50% of children who are military connected receive care in the civilian sector.1–3 The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical report “Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families” was published in 2013 to assist pediatric health care providers who care for military children who have been affected by deployment.4 In that report, the cycle of deployment was described as well as the common reactions to deployment and the effects of wartime deployment on children at different developmental stages. Age-based recommendations were provided to assist family members, and additional resources were provided to assist pediatricians. Since the publication of the last AAP clinical report, military families continue to be significantly challenged by deployments and various stressors associated with military life. Many children in military families live in settings remote from a military community, and civilian health care providers are faced with caring for military children in their practices. This updated clinical report is intended to provide a background of the military culture, to serve as a tool to help navigate the military health care system, and to provide resources that may assist families and the broader health care community, especially during periods of transition and relocation. The Department of Defense (DOD) remains the nation’s largest government agency and employer; 1.3 million men and women serve on active duty, 818 000 in the National Guard and Reserve and more than 2 million military retirees.5,6 Active duty personnel are members of the US Armed Forces who serve in a full-time duty status. Approximately 88% of active duty forces are stationed in the continental United States and US territories, whereas the remainder are stationed at installations throughout the world but primarily in East Asia (5%) and Europe (5.1%).5 According to the DOD, military personnel are composed of 17.7% officers with an average age of 34.6 years and 82.3% enlisted personnel with an average age of 27.1 years.5,7 Most enlisted personnel have a high school diploma, and 8% have a bachelor’s degree or higher; the majority of officers (85%) have a bachelor’s degree or higher.5 Approximately 58% of the 2.2 million members serving on active duty and the National Guard and Reserve have families, and 40% have at least 2 children.1,3 There are an estimated 1.7 million children of active duty and reserve military personnel, of whom 37.8% are 0 to 5 years of age, 31.6% are 6 to 11 years of age, and 23.8% are 12 to 18 years of age.5 When including active duty personnel, reserve personnel, and veterans, it is estimated that there are 4 million children who are military connected, with the largest group age ≤5 years.7 The military is a well-defined institution with a distinct hierarchy and organizational structure. Service members come from ethnically and geographically diverse backgrounds and join the military for a variety of reasons, including the propensity to serve, educational benefits, and financial motivations.8 Redmond et al9 described the military workplace culture as a unique environment with unifying characteristics, including discipline, self-sacrifice, cohesiveness, and emphasis on core values. Military service is associated with numerous traditions and common experiences that engender a sense of camaraderie among members who have proudly served. Military personnel are a relatively young workforce, are more likely to marry young, and have a high proportion of children that are of preschool age.10 Military personnel are generally paid favorably in comparison with their civilian equivalents; however, additional stressors of the military lifestyle, such as relocation, results in spousal underemployment and unemployment.11 Military life is often defined by prolonged separation and frequent moves, with many simultaneous stressors in a short time.10 Children growing up in military families often share common experiences with each other, such as living on base or post, attending DOD schools, frequent moves, and prolonged separations from a parent. These experiences create a common bond and camaraderie among peers. This sense of identity may be influential in later career choices because children of veterans are more likely than their civilian peers to enlist.12 Conversely, military children may feel heightened pressure to conform, behave, and wear their parent’s military rank.1 Davis et al2 reported that early research portrayed the military family as authoritarian with children who were behaviorally challenged; however, subsequent research has revealed no psychosocial differences from nonmilitary families. Padden and Agazio13 described 4 major stressors for military children: relocation, family separation, adaptation to danger, and a unique military culture. Socioeconomic challenges include financial stressors among junior enlisted personnel14 and rates of food insecurity similar to the national average.15 One of the most common aspects of military life is frequent relocation. Active duty personnel receive orders to their respective duty stations for a tour of duty, which is generally 2 to 3 years in length. These orders may be designated as accompanied or unaccompanied, in which the former authorizes dependents’ travel and sponsorship at the new duty station and the latter does not. Unaccompanied orders are generally 1 to 2 years in length and are often a result of the nature of the assignment or a dependent family member having medical needs that exceed the capabilities of the local military medical treatment facility. Military families are geographically mobile, moving at a rate 2.4 times more frequent than that of their civilian counterparts.7,10,16 Military children may experience a move every 2 to 4 years and can transition between schools up to 9 times by the age of 18 years.1,17 Because of the frequent mobility, there is often a lack of continuity of health care1 and limited employment opportunities for nonmilitary spouses.10 In a large population study of military youth, there were increased mental health encounters if a geographic move occurred in the past year.18 This study also revealed that adolescents who were affected had increased psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Because families often move away from extended family support, they often refer to the military community as a surrogate family that provides a support network. Although children of reservists are typically geographically more stable than their active duty counterparts, they often live in nonmilitary communities without resources or knowledge specific to the military.1 They may feel isolated from the community,10 and services may not be as readily available.2 Veteran families may also feel isolated and have challenges when transitioning to civilian communities,10 where familiar military programs may not exist and there may no longer be access to many of the benefits that were associated with active duty service.12 Although moves may be stressful, Clever and Segal10 asserted that some research has demonstrated increased resilience in military children, including decreased school problems and enhanced development of positive attitudes about moves.19 Protective factors may include effective support systems, such as living in a military community and military programs designed to address relocation challenges, which may include family newcomer orientations, command sponsorship programs, and programs intended to assist children in connecting with peers at the prospective duty station before the move. One of the characteristics of military life that is well known to the public is deployment. Research has found that more than 2 million children of military families have had a parent deployed since 2001.1 Service members may be deployed to areas throughout the world in support of combat operations or peacekeeping missions for periods ranging from several weeks to more than a year. During this time, family members often remain at home to adapt to life without the military service member or temporarily move to areas where they may have support from extended family members. The deployment cycle, as described by Pincus et al,20 consists of 5 stages (predeployment, deployment, sustainment, redeployment, and postdeployment) that each present various emotional challenges to family members. Recommendations to assist family members during each of these stages have been offered by various authors4,13,20 and serve as a valuable framework for pediatricians caring for children affected by deployment. Impact of Deployment Multiple studies have explored the effects of deployment on families and children who are military connected. The stressors associated with deployment, including prolonged family separation, potential injury or death of a service member, and traumatic experiences, can have a cumulative negative effect on the entire family unit. Aranda et al21 found that 1 in 4 military children have an emotional-behavioral challenge associated with deployment. One study revealed an 11% increase in mental and behavioral health outpatient visits in children 3 to 8 years of age during parental deployment.22 An additional study evaluating the effect of deployment on children 5 to 12 years of age showed increased child psychosocial morbidity with parental stress and decreased morbidity with military supports.3 A 2014 systematic review explored literature examining the impact of parental deployment–related mental health problems on children’s outcomes.23 Of the 42 studies reviewed, the authors found that outcomes were negatively affected by caregiver stress and mental health, and there was evidence of increased child maltreatment and substance abuse. The authors found that family communication was a protective factor, and interventions should be aimed at addressing these challenges. Another 2015 systematic review revealed that a child’s age and development, parental mental health and coping abilities, available resources, and resilience factors influenced coping abilities in children affected by military deployment.24 Mustillo et al25 evaluated the timing and duration of deployment on children ages 10 years and younger and whether deployment was associated with any particular type of emotional-behavioral disorder. The authors identified increased anxiety in children ages 3 to 5 years if there was a recent long deployment. For older children ages 6 to 10 years, there was evidence of a long-term impact of parental deployment at the time of their birth, including more peer problems and behavioral problems. This study and others suggested differential effects on the basis of developmental age.4,26 In a telephone survey involving children 11 to 17 years of age and their home caregivers, increased length of deployment and poor mental health of the caregiver who was not deployed was associated with more challenges for children in dealing with the deployment.27 Another study of 6- to 12-year-old children and their civilian parent who was not deployed demonstrated increased depression and externalizing symptoms associated with parental distress and cumulative length of parental combat deployment as well as increased anxiety symptoms.28 The aforementioned research was focused on the immediate effects of wartime deployment, and more longitudinal studies are needed to assess the long-term effects.29 Deployment Interventions Given the challenges associated with deployment, numerous programs have been established to assist service members and their families. Nelson et al7 described several family-based intervention programs that have been established to increase resilience, combat stress, and improve family functioning: Families OverComing Under Stress,30 After Deployment: Adaptive Parenting Tools,31 and the STRoNG Intervention for families with young children.32 Additional programs that may assist families with younger children in preparing for the stress of the deployment cycle include Sesame Workshop’s Talk, Listen, Connect initiative33 and child-parent psychotherapy–based interventions.34 Research has revealed various challenges associated with deployment, including a decline in academics, increased behavioral problems during deployment, increased emergency and specialist visits, and somatic symptoms.1,35 A systematic review of 26 studies found an association between increased deployment-related stress and mental health problems in parents and young children as well as increased use of mental health resources.36 One of these studies demonstrated an increase in outpatient and well-child visits during deployment for children of married parents, which may be attributed to the effect of deployment-related stress on the spouse who was not deployed.37 Conversely, the authors found decreased visits for children of single parents, which may be attributed to a decreased effect of deployment on a nonparent caregiver or lack of familiarity navigating the health care system. Another study showed an increase in specialist visits and antidepressant and/or anxiolytic medication use among children during deployment. Additionally, a shift from military treatment facilities to civilian facilities during deployment was observed, which may be indicative of a temporary family relocation while the active duty service member was deployed.38 Finally, research has shown a 7% increase in outpatient visits for children younger than 2 years during the deployment of a parent37 as well as an increased effect of deployment on children if it occurred during the developmental or attachment period.39 Abuse and/or Neglect Deployment and relocation stressors are concerning for an increased risk of child maltreatment.40 Cozza et al41 demonstrated an increased risk of neglect among deployed families compared with families that were never deployed, and a systematic review found an increased risk of child maltreatment, including neglect and physical abuse.36 Furthermore, there is an increased risk at the time of redeployment,1 making it important to continue to provide resources once a service member who was deployed returns. Various programs are available to assist families with abuse prevention, and there are also resources available if abuse has occurred, including the Family Advocacy Program (FAP).42 FAP professionals interact with families in a variety of ways, including parent workshops and support programs, and conduct investigations when allegations of abuse are made. Because civilian providers may not be aware of the FAP, they may report concerns about child maltreatment to local child protective services without also notifying the local FAP office. Wood et al40 found that only 42% of cases of medically diagnosed maltreatment were reported to the FAP, compared with 90% reported to child protective services, meaning that many families do not receive timely and appropriate military-specific services. The DOD has various programs to support families with young children. The New Parent Support Program is an FAP that uses licensed clinicians, nurses, and home-visiting specialists to serve families with young children. A variety of services are available through this program, including home visits, parenting classes, and linkages to community and DOD resources. More information on this valuable program may be found at http://www.militaryonesource.mil/-/the-new-parent-support-program.43 Despite many of the inherent challenges of military life, multiple studies indicate increased resilience among children who are military connected. Easterbrooks et al44 noted that most research on military children is focused on deficits rather than the strengths and supports that promote resilience. The authors cite several studies that describe positive outcomes, including enhanced family bonding during deployment, resilience through shared experiences, and enhanced social connections. Aranda et al21 found that although school-aged children had increased psychosocial morbidity during parental wartime deployment, they had lower baseline psychosocial symptoms than those of civilian peers. Resilience is key in all phases of deployment, and effective support networks may improve coping skills.2 There is usually not a difference in psychological symptoms in military children during nondeployed seasons, although there may be a “dose effect” with repeated deployments.21 Research has examined factors that promote resilience. Parental mental health and parental adjustment to deployment may impact a child’s resilience11; therefore, it is important to consider the family dynamic when caring for military children. A longitudinal study across the deployment cycle found that socialization with other military children during a deployment was a protective factor that led to better functioning.45 An ecological model46 that includes various systems of influence on an individual, such as family and community, has been suggested as a framework to identify the effects of military deployment and separations on children,26,47 and effective interventions to promote resilience should be designed and tailored at each level. Child Care and Education Child Care System The DOD runs the nation’s largest employee-sponsored child care system, which consists of 900 child development centers, 300 school-age care program sites, 4500 family child care homes, and subsidized civilian child care.48 Child development centers are located on most military installations throughout the world and provide child care to children from ages 6 weeks to 5 years. School-age care programs are available for children ages 5 to 12 years and are typically located at schools or youth centers. Additional child care services may be provided in other settings, including on- or off-base child care homes, providing more flexible hours and servicing a wider age range. Services at DOD-sponsored child care sites are income based, and some families may receive subsidies for civilian child care if space is unavailable through military care centers and if they meet specific income qualifications.48 Despite the immensity of the child care system, a 2008 study by the RAND Corporation revealed that only a small fraction of the military population was reached by these programs.49 In this study, only 7% of military members were served by child development centers, and fewer than half of families with children younger than 6 years of age were using DOD-sponsored child care. Child development centers were found to be costlier and less flexible than other options, such as family child care homes. An increased awareness of the various child care options can assist families who are seeking child care arrangements, and additional information may be found at http://www.militaryonesource.mil/-/military-child-care-programs.50 Approximately 13% of children with an active duty parent attend a Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) school.7 DODEA operates 166 schools for 72 000 children enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade; is located in 7 states, 11 countries, and 2 territories; and also provides support for 1.2 million students who are military connected in public schools in the United States.51,52 DODEA schools are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and use a comprehensive curriculum and standardized assessments, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress.52 Although continuity of education through DODEA provides many advantages for transient military children, the vast majority of military children attend civilian schools. Astor et al53 referenced research that revealed that the average military student attends 9 schools between kindergarten and 12th grade.54 The authors remarked that civilian schools may be less familiar with the needs of military children. Because of increased risks of academic challenges and social problems,55 it is recommended that military children are provided a supportive environment, which can serve as a protective factor. To facilitate the challenges civilian schools may encounter with military issues, there is a partnership grant with DODEA and public schools to assist civilian schools11 with children who are military connected. School liaison officers serve as a valuable resource and are available near military installations worldwide (http://www.dodea.edu/Partnership/schoolLiaisonOfficers.cfm).56 Military Health System The Military Health System is a global health care delivery system dedicated to supporting the nation’s military mission.57 It is a single-payer umbrella system2 that serves 9.4 million beneficiaries at an annual cost of approximately $50 billion.57 The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs oversees the Defense Health Agency, which manages regional Tricare contracts and the centralized Military Health System while integrating direct and purchased health care systems.59 Each service branch is responsible for ensuring medical readiness of its operational forces and provides direct health care to beneficiaries at 54 inpatient hospitals and 377 ambulatory clinics throughout the world.57 There are multiple Tricare plans available. Eligibility is dependent on service status and enrollment in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System. All health care plans are in compliance with the coverage requirements for the Affordable Care Act.60 The most recent changes to Tricare occurred on January 1, 2018, with several changes to health plans, coverage limits, and regional contractors.61 Most dependents of active duty members are enrolled in the Tricare Prime program if they live in Prime Service Areas, usually near a military treatment facility.62 This is a managed care option in which beneficiaries receive direct care at military facilities or from network providers and generally do not pay out of pocket.58 Tricare Select (Formerly Tricare Standard and Extra) is a fee-for-service plan with deductibles and cost sharing that is available to beneficiaries who do not meet eligibility for Prime or choose not to enroll in Prime and generally receive purchased care through network providers outside of military treatment facilities.58,63 There are different Tricare regions throughout the United States administered by a managed care support contractor.64 Tricare-authorized providers can work directly with the managed care support contractor for claims processing and any management assistance. Additional information for providers can be found at www.tricare.mil/Providers.64 Military Children With Special Health Care Needs Approximately 220 000 active duty and reserve military personnel have a family member with special needs,65 including 20% of children who are military connected.66 In fiscal year 2015, 1.79 million children ages 6 months to 21 years were enrolled in the Military Health System, 17.3% of whom had noncomplex chronic needs and 5.6% of whom had complex chronic needs.57 Although subspecialty care may be available at military treatment facilities, children with special health care needs often receive services through civilian network providers, who may be unfamiliar with the military system. In a survey of military family support providers, the most common challenges included navigating systems, child behavioral problems, parental stress and child care, relocation, and the therapy and/or insurance referral process.65,67 To assist parents of children with special needs, the Office of Community Support for Military Families with Special Needs published the DOD Special Needs Tool Kit: Birth to 18.68 This resource provides valuable information for families navigating early intervention programs and special education services, relocating, accessing Tricare benefits, and connecting to support services. In addition, the Office of Special Needs provides an early intervention and special education directory to assist families with transitions during relocation to different communities, which is available through the Military OneSource Web site (www.militaryonesource.mil).69 For military children located overseas who qualify for early intervention services, Educational and Developmental Intervention Services provides comprehensive developmental services, including early childhood special education, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, social work, and child psychology. For children ages 3 to 21 years who qualify for special education services, DODEA schools provide special education services while collaborating with Educational and Developmental Intervention Services for medically related services in the school setting. The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) is a DOD program that provides services for families with special health care or educational needs. There are currently more than 128 000 military family members enrolled in the EFMP,47,70 with approximately two-thirds of these being children and youth.65 Any active duty family member with a chronic medical condition or special education need should be enrolled in the EFMP. In a survey of EFMP family support providers across all branches, the largest proportion of disabilities cited included autism spectrum disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.23,65 For children of an active duty service member with a chronic medical condition, a DD Form 2792 documenting medical diagnoses and therapeutic needs is required from their pediatrician and should be taken by the family to their respective EFMP service coordinator to complete the enrollment process. The educational form (DD Form 2792-1) should be completed by an early intervention program or school special education program provider if the child is receiving Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C or Part B services, respectively. An EFMP quick reference guide is available on the Military OneSource Web site (www.militaryonesource.mil) and may be used to guide families and providers when enrolling in the EFMP. Enrollment in the EFMP is mandatory for dependents of active duty members and ensures that medical and educational needs can be met when service members are considered for various duty stations. Overseas Screening Overseas suitability screening (OSS) is a process that active duty service members and their family members undergo once they are identified for an overseas assignment. Because of limited medical service capabilities in overseas environments, OSS reviewers take these factors into consideration when making a determination. Families undergoing this process should bring required OSS and EFMP paperwork to their provider for completion and return these to their screening coordinator. If a determination is made by the receiving overseas medical facility that the patient’s medical needs exceed local capability and capacity or if the environment may exacerbate a medical condition, then the service member may receive unaccompanied orders to the overseas location or may be reconsidered for an alternative duty assignment in an area with the required services to preserve family cohesiveness and avoid unnecessary costs for early returns because of lack of available services. The Tricare Extended Care Health Option (ECHO) program is a supplemental benefit for active duty family members with a qualifying condition, such as autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability, serious physical disabilities, and neuromuscular developmental conditions.71 It is a monthly cost share based on the sponsor’s rank that ranges from $25 to $250 per month, with an annual coverage limit of $36 000.71 Services covered by ECHO may include durable medical equipment, in-home medical services, rehabilitative services, respite care, and transportation.71 ECHO eligibility is contingent on enrollment in the EFMP. Military children with autism spectrum disorders are eligible for applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapy through the Tricare Autism Care Demonstration (ACD).72 Eligibility for dependents of active duty members and some activated reservists is contingent on EFMP and ECHO enrollment, whereas dependents of retirees are eligible for ACD services without EFMP and ECHO enrollment. Once a diagnosis of autism is received, a referral for ABA therapy is placed to the regional Tricare contractor, who will then authorize an initial 6 months of ABA therapy.67 The ACD provides services totaling $195 million in yearly expenditures,57 with cost shares and copayments dependent on the family’s Tricare health plan.72 Military families with children with autism spectrum disorders face challenges, including delays in reestablishing therapeutic services and lack of provider continuity because of relocation.57,73 Given the unique burdens of military families, recommendations are to identify autism spectrum disorders in children early, have a tiered menu of services available, and consider telehealth options for parent training.74,75 In addition, early identification and improving access to early intervention may be cost-effective measures to ensure sustainability of the military autism benefit.76 Suggestions for Pediatricians Caring for Military Children Most US medical students will care for a patient who is military connected in their career. Prospective military physicians who receive medical training through the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences or civilian medical schools through the Health Professions Scholarship Program are exposed early in their careers to military medicine through clerkships and research opportunities. Furthermore, military residency programs have served a vital role in training military physicians to serve our nation in operational settings and military treatment facilities throughout the world. Although military physicians are familiar with military culture and the military medical system, their civilian colleagues may not have received similar training opportunities. Gleeson and Hemmer77 have recommended competency training in medical schools, including military history taking, providing opportunities for clinical rotations through military treatment facilities, and encouraging medical students who are military connected to share their experiences in medical schools. Graduate medical education as well as printed and online information may serve as effective routes for increased cultural competency.74 Research indicates that 56% of providers outside of military treatment facilities do not ask for the military status of families,78 and recommendations have been made for community capacity building through increased cultural awareness, asking families about military status, and implementation of clinical practice measures aimed at improving coordination of care between health care systems.79 To assist providers, the Department of Veterans Affairs has created the Veterans Affairs Community Provider Toolkit,80 which provides additional information on military culture. Given the increased stressors associated with the military lifestyle and the associated behavioral risks, incorporating a behavioral screening tool can assist the pediatrician in the office setting. The Pediatric Symptom Checklist was used in 1 study during parental deployment and revealed increased internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and school problems.21 The AAP, in a recent clinical report, recommends behavioral and emotional screening as a routine component in pediatric practice, and references multiple resources available on its Web site (http://www2.aap.org/commpeds/dochs/mentalhealth/KeyResources.html).81 Although broad-scale behavioral screening tools are effective, a mechanism to identify military children in practice would be a helpful adjunct. Chandra and London29 recommend routinely identifying children who are military connected in practices as well as taking a military history at intake.23 A school identifier has been proposed to assist in school-district resourcing for military students,11 and schools may serve as a primary resource for pediatricians to identify issues that may influence the academic, social, and behavioral health of children in military families. The Have You Ever Served in the Military? campaign by the American Academy of Nursing designed a pocket card to assist clinicians caring for veterans.82 An expanded American Academy of Nursing initiative, I Serve 2, has been launched to identify military children in practice by asking the question, “Do you have a parent who has or is serving in the military?” and to provide a modified pocket guide to assist clinicians caring for military children.1 Furthermore, Hisle-Gorman et al39 have also suggested not only asking families about their military status but also directly asking about deployment schedules and parental health as well as gaining familiarization with local support systems for military families. Efforts to advocate for military children can occur at many levels. Lester and Flake47 note that military children are influenced by many factors, and understanding these systems from an ecological framework may influence outcomes. In addition to the individual- and family-based interactions discussed in this report, advocacy efforts can occur at the community and national level. There have been several large-scale legislative actions and national campaigns in support of military children and their families, including the Military Family Act of 1985 and Joining Forces.2 April has been designated as the Month of the Military Child, during which time awareness is brought to the forefront. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the HSC Foundation sponsored a conference in April 2014 to raise awareness for children with special health care needs who are military connected and provided an excellent summary of the latest challenges and research surrounding the military child.66 (conference summary can be found at: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/resources/spotlight/120214-military-families). Aronson et al65 have stressed that health care professionals, schools, and communities should proactively reach out to military families. Psychosocial support resources are also available to assist families that may be affected by disasters or grief and bereavement. Two AAP clinical reports are available to assist pediatricians: “Providing Psychosocial Support to Children and Families in the Aftermath of Disasters and Crises”83 and “Supporting the Grieving Child and Family.”84 Navigating the Military Health System This clinical report provides a review of the current literature and identifies some of the programs available for children with connections to the military. One of the key ways providers can assist military families is through effectively navigating the military health care system and coordinating with community agencies and local support networks. The following list provides general recommendations that may provide additional assistance to providers caring for children who are military connected. Establish a clinical process to identify children who are military connected and document it in the electronic medical record. Take a thorough military history, including parental deployment history, relocation, and parental mental health. Integrate an evidence-based behavioral and emotional rating scale in your practice to identify children who are at risk. Gain familiarization with the deployment cycle and common reactions to deployment. Provide a linkage to community-based resources for families of service members who are deployed, including mental health services and evidence-based intervention programs that promote resilience: Families OverComing Under Stress (http://focusproject.org), After Deployment: Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT): http://www.cehd.umn.edu/fsos/research/adapt/default.asp,31 STRoNG Intervention for families with young children,32 and Sesame Workshop’s Talk, Listen, Connect initiative: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/what-we-do/our-initiatives/military-families/.33 Help new families in the local community connect with local military resources and community agencies. Prepare families for an upcoming move through online resources for spouses at Military OneSource85 (militaryonesource.mil/for-spouses) and for children at Military Kids Connect (militarykidsconnect.dcoe.mil/). Work with local schools to implement a program identifying military children and provide resources to assist with transitions. For children with special health care needs, complete EFMP paperwork and ask the family member to turn in the completed copy to their local EFMP office. The EFMP Quick Reference Guide, which includes the DD Form 2792 to be completed by the medical provider, may be found on the Military OneSource Web site at: http://download.militaryonesource.mil/12038/MOS/ResourceGuides/EFMP-QuickReferenceGuide.pdf.86 Provide families with contact information for the ECHO program to assist with any additional coverage that may not be afforded by the Tricare benefit. Additional resources that are valuable in assisting families with children with special needs include: the EFMP special needs tool kit,68 (http://download.militaryonesource.mil/12038/EFMP/PTK_SCORs/ParentToolkit_Apr2014.pdf), and Specialized Training of Military Parents (http://stompproject.blogspot.com). For providers interested in becoming a Tricare-approved provider, refer to the Tricare Web site for additional information at https://tricare.mil/Providers.64 For assistance with navigating Tricare, contact information for regional contractors can be found at https://tricare.mil/Providers.64 Generally, prior authorization or referrals are not required of Tricare beneficiaries for initial outpatient mental health care with providers who are Tricare authorized.87 Pediatricians can assist families connecting with an authorized Tricare provider by referring them to www.tricare.mil/findaprovider.88 Please refer to the following for additional Tricare information: Tricare Prime (https://tricare.mil/Plans/HealthPlans/Prime),62 Tricare Select (https://tricare.mil/Plans/HealthPlans/TS),63and Tricare Mental Health Care (https://tricare.mil/mentalhealth).89 Pediatricians can work with overseas screening coordinators by completing any requested forms and providing an up-to-date assessment of a patient’s medical needs. Overseas hospitals frequently publish possible disqualifying conditions on their Web sites, which can help families be prepared and manage expectations. In the case of an overseas screening denial, pediatricians can clarify any concerns with the overseas screening office and provide any additional documentation as needed to facilitate a thorough review of the case. Comprehensive resources for pediatricians and families: Military OneSource (www.militaryonesource.mil) and The National Military Family Association (www.militaryfamily.org). New parent support: The New Parent Support Program (http://www.militaryonesource.mil/-/the-new-parent-support-program)43 and Zero to Three (https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/series/honoring-our-babies-and-toddlers#the-resources). the Military Child Education Coalition (www.militarychild.org) and DODEA (www.dodea.edu). Child care: Military Child Care (www.militarychildcare.com); Autism: Operation Autism (www.operationautismonline.org) and Autism Care Demonstration: https://tricare.mil/Plans/SpecialPrograms/ACD/GettingCare.90 Advocacy: AAP Section on Uniformed Services (https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/Committees-Councils-Sections/Section-on-Uniformed-Services/Pages/default.aspx) and Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness (www.militaryfamilies.psu.edu). Lead Author CDR Chadley R. Huebner, MD, MPH, FAAP Section on Uniformed Services Executive Committee, 2018–2019 COL Catherine A. Kimball-Eayrs, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, Chairperson LCDR Bridget K. Cunningham, MD, FAAP Lt Col Brian M. Faux, MD, FAAP LCDR Christopher W. Foster, MD, FAAP Lt Col Courtney Anne Judd, MD, MPH, FAAP COL Keith M. Lemmon, MD, FAAP CDR Lisa M. Mondzelewski, MD, MPH, FAAP COL Martin E. Weisse, MD, FAAP Lt Col Lauren J. Wolf, MD, FAAP CAPT David Wong, MD, FAAP COL Patrick Wilson Hickey, MD, FAAP – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences CPT Elizabeth Marx Perkins, MD, FAAP – Section on Pediatric Trainees Jackie P. Burke Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, 2018–2019 Arthur Lavin, MD, FAAP, Chairperson George Askew, MD, FAAP Rebecca Baum, MD, FAAP Evelyn Berger-Jenkins MD, MPH, FAAP Thresia B. Gambon, MD, MBA, MPH, FAAP Arthur Lavin, MD, FAAP Gerri Mattson, MD, FAAP Raul Montiel-Esparza, MD, FAAP Arwa Nasir, MBBS, MSc, MPH, FAAP Lawrence Sagin Wissow, MD, MPH, FAAP Sharon Berry, PhD, ABPP– Society of Pediatric Psychology Edward R. Christophersen, PhD, FAAP (hon) – Society of Pediatric Psychology Norah Johnson, PhD, RN, CPNP – National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Abigail Schlesinger, MD – American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Amy Starin, PhD, LCSW – National Association of Social Workers Karen S. 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__label__wiki	0.639991	0.639991	« 5 Questions for...Mark Brewer, President and CEO, Central Florida Foundation \| Main \| Easy Steps to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Not Suck » Weekend Link Roundup (October 21-22, 2017) Our weekly roundup of noteworthy items from and about the social sector. For more links to great content, follow us on Twitter at @pndblog.... In 2010, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made a $100 million gift in support of a major overhaul of the public school system in Newark, New Jersey. To be spearheaded by then-Newark Mayor Cory Booker (now a U.S. senator) and New Jersey governor Chris Christie, the effort stumbled out of the gate and became the object of derision (as well as the subject of a well-reviewed book by education reporter Dale Russakoff). But a new study from a team led by a Harvard University researcher finds that the performance of students in the district has improved significantly in English (although not so much in math) since 2010. Greg Toppo reports for USA Today. In a post for Forbes, Kris Putnam-Walkerly offers ten reasons why community foundations are your best for disaster relief giving. On Beth Kanter's blog, Alison Carlman, director of impact and communications at GlobalGiving, challenges the conventional wisdom that donors are fatigued by the series of disasters that have hit the U.S. , Mexico, and Caribbeanf. Interestingly, a new study from Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy shows that since the early 2000s, volunteering and charitable giving in the United States has dropped roughly 11 percent. And, as a country, our generosity appears to have peaked around 2005, with giving hitting an average of $1,024 annually; in 2015, the most recent year measured, that number dropped to $872. Eillie Anzilotti reports for Fast Company. In the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Jennifer Xia and Patrick Schmitt, students at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, note that while the largest wealth transfer in human history will take place over the next twenty years, most nonprofits are poorly positioned to take advantage of it. In a video on the CNBC site, tech entrepreneur Alexandre Mars, the "French Bill Gates," argues that giving is something that anyone can — and everyone should — do. With the Trump administration's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the fate of some 800,000 young immigrants is in limbo. The Center for Law and Social Policy's Kisha Bird shares five things youth development advocates and others need to know about these so-called Dreamers and the DACA program. "The capital is flowing [into SDG-related efforts],” Fran Seegull, executive director of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, tells Devex' Catherine Cheney. "But it begs the question, what about the impact?" For advocates like Seegull, "metrics [are] a vital piece of keeping the focus on impact, particularly as more investors get involved in the field." In his latest post, Nonprofit Chronicles blogger Marc Gunther takes a deep dive into the clean cookstove sector. Members of the Forbes Nonprofit Council share some advice for nonprofits looking to increase their engagement with the communities they serve. Interested in learning more about the biggest funder of right-wing causes these days? Check out David Callahan's recent profile of secretive hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, whose charitable giving is "financ[ing] hardball politics and...legitimiz[ing] views that are extremist, even in the eyes of many conservatives...." On the Glasspockets blog, Ed Pauly, director of research and evaluation at the Wallace Foundation, explains why the New York City-based arts and education funder has embraced the idea of making evaluations public and distributing them widely. The post is the latest in the #OpenForGood series hosted by Glasspockets in partnership with the Fund for Shared Insight. Is social media a good use of a foundation's time and resources? Or as Malcolm Macleod, president of the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, asks in a post on the Center for Effective Philanthropy blog, Is anybody listening? The answer might surprise you. Donald Trump and many of his Republican allies in Congress are intent on getting rid of the estate tax for good — a tax policy change that would very good for Trump and about five thousand other high-net-worth families but terrible, writes NCRP executive director Aaron Dorfman, for the rest of the country. And what are we really talking about when we talk about "equity"? As you might expect, Nonprofit AF's Vu Le has some thoughts. (Photo credit: Scott Halleran \| Getty Images) That's it for this week. Got something you'd like to share? Drop us a line at mfn@foundationcenter.org. author-Mitch Nauffts Education Giving Immigration International Affairs/Development Nonprofits Philanthropy Social Media TAGS: author-Mitch Nauffts Education Giving Immigration International Affairs/Development Nonprofits Philanthropy Social Media \| Comments: (0)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4352
__label__cc	0.522245	0.477755	PokerStars Debuts Stars Store at EPT Barcelona Neil Stoddart - Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd. Driven by requests from players, PokerStars merchandise was made available at the Barcelona stop of the European Poker Tour late last month with the debut of the Stars Store. A variety of PokerStars branded products including apparel, hats, water bottles, keychains, electronic gadgets and an assortment of poker paraphernalia went on display August 21 at the pop-up Stars Store inside Casino Barcelona. Just outside the main tournament room, the temporary retails space was strategically positioned to benefit from the exposure to the swarms of spectators and poker players entering, leaving and on break from the EPT events. Why Play on PokerStars? Largest player base in the world. Home of Spin & Go, Power Up and lots of other unique game variants. Biggest weekly tournament schedule around. Some of the hottest selling items included items from the EPT product line, a Stars Coin card protector and a classic PokerStars branded hoodie. PokerStars Partners with Hugo Boss For the first time, PokerStars offered premium co-branded items in conjunction with popular the fashion brand Hugo Boss. One of the more popular new items under the PokerStars/Hugo Boss partnership was the co-branded hoodie, which just days after the pop-up Stars Store opened, had managed to nearly sell out, despite its €168 price tag. As a point of comparison, the popular classic PokerStars hoddie was selling for (€38). Still, from the dozens of the sleek Euro-styled zipup sweatshirts that that were stocked for the opening of the store on Tuesday, only two remained by Saturday, and more than a week remained before the crew would break down the store in preparation for its next appearance. The Hugo Boss co-branded range also includes a traditional t-shirt, a knit pullover and a baseball cap. The PokerStars branding on the items has a low profile (for example, the PokerStars/Hugo Boss hoodie has a very small PokerStars spade on the back right shoulder) and many of the items are available in different color combinations, with potentially even more variety of colors to be offered in the future. Expansion of the Stars Store The Stars Store will soon be available to customers beyond those that attended EPT Barcelona. An online version of the store is slated to go live soon and will offer many of the same items that were available for purchase in Barcelona, though it is uncertain if the PokerStars/Hugo Boss line will be available online or exclusively at live pop-up locations. Though merchandise could only be purchased with cash or card at the live store, the online store is expected make items available to players that would like to use StarsCoins, the company’s loyalty program currency. The Stars Store will also be featured at future live events including the upcoming MEGASTACK event in Namur, Belgium later this month and EPT Prague in the Czech Republic. EPT Prague is scheduled to run December 7-18, 2018, and the Stars Store at that series could prove to be even more popular than it was in Barcelona due to its proximity on the calendar to the holiday season. Beyond a virtual version of Stars Sore and additional pop-up locations, the merchandise lineup may be expanded to include exclusive items for each of the live pop-up locations. Casino Barcelona Czech Republic European Poker Tour MEGASTACK PokerStars Stars Store pokerfu.se/tbnx	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4353
__label__cc	0.669098	0.330902	Mind as Theory Engine: Causation, Explanation and Time by Pacer, Michael D., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2016, 380; 10194103 Humans build theories out of the data we observe, and out of those theories arise wonders. The most powerful theories are causal theories, which organise data into actionable structures. Causal theories make explicit claims about the structure of the world: what entities and processes exist in it, which of these relate to one another and in what form those relations consist. We can use causal theories to induce new generalisations about the world (in the form of particular models or other causal theories) and to explain particular occurrences. This allows rapidly disseminating causal information throughout our cognitive communities. Causal theories and the explanations derived from them guide decisions we make, including where and when to look for more data, completing the cycle. Causal theories play a ubiquitous and potent role in everyday life, in formal pursuit of them in the sciences, and through their applications in medicine, technology and industry. Given this, the rarity of analyses that attempt to characterise causal theories and their uses in general, computational terms is surprising. Only in recent years has there been a substantial refinement of our models of causal induction due to work by computational cognitive scientists — the interdisciplinary tradition out of which which this dissertation originates. And even so, many issues related to causal theories have been left unattended; three features in particular merit much greater attention from a computational perspective: generating and evaluating explanation, the role of simplicity in explanation choice, and continuous-time causal induction. I aim to redress this situation with this dissertation. In Chapter 0, I introduce the primary paradigms from computational cognitive science – computational level analysis and rational analysis – that govern my research. In Chapter 1, I study formal theories of causal explanation in Bayesian networks by comparing the explanations the generate and evaluate to human judgements about the same systems. No one model of causal explanation captures the pattern of human judgements, though the intuitive hypothesis, that the most probable a posteriori explanation is the best performs worst of the models evaluated. I conclude that the premise of finding model for all of human causal explanation (even in this limited domain) is flawed; the research programme should be refined to consider the features of formal models and how well they capture our explanatory practices as they vary between individuals and circumstances. One feature not expressed in these models explicitly but that has been shown to matter for human explanation is simplicity. Chapter 2 considers the problem of simplicity in human causal explanation choice in a series of four experiments. I study what makes an explanation simple (whether it is the number of causes invoked in or the number of assumptions made by an explanation), how simplicity concerns are traded off against data-fit, which cognitive consequences arise from choosing simpler explanations when the data does not fit, and why people prefer simpler explanations. In Chapter 3, I change the focus from studying causal explanation to causal induction — in particular, I develop a framework for continuous time causal theories (CTCTS). A CTCT defines a generative probabilistic framework for other generative probabilistic models of causal systems, where the data in those systems expressed in terms of continuous time. Chapter 3 is the most interdisciplinary piece of my dissertation, accordingly it begins by reviewing a number of topics: the history of theories of causal induction within philosophy, statistics and medicine; empirical work on causal induction in cognitive science, focusing on issues related to causal induction with temporal data; conceptual issues surrounding the formal definition of time, data, and causal models; and probabilistic graphical models, causal theories, and stochastic processes. I then introduce the desiderata for the CTCT framework and how those criteria are met. I then demonstrate the power of CTCTS by using them to analyse five sets of experiments (some new and some derived from the literature) on human causal induction with temporal data. Bookending each experiment and the model applied to it is are case from medical history that illustrate a real-world instance of the variety of problem being solved in the section; the opening discussion describes the case and why it fits the problem structure of the model used to analyse the experimental results and the closing discussion illustrates aspects of the case omitted from the initial discussion that complicate the model and fit better with the model introduced in the next section. Then, I discuss ways to incorporate other advances in probabilistic programming, generative theories and stochastic processes into the CTCT framework, identify potential applications with specific focus on mechanisms and feedback loops, and conclude by analysing the centrality of temporal information in the study of the mind more generally. Excepting the supporting appendices and bibliography that end the dissertation, I conclude in two parts. First, in Chapter 4, I analyse issues at the intersection of three of the main themes of my work: namely, (causal) explanation, (causal) induction and time. This proceeds by examining these topics first in pairs and then as a whole. Following that, is Chapter 5, an epilogue that clarifies the interpretations and intended meanings of the “Mind as Theory Engine” metaphor as it applies to human cognition. Advisor: Griffiths, Tom, Lombrozo, Tania Commitee: Campbell, John, Gopnik, Alison School: University of California, Berkeley Department: Psychology Subjects: Philosophy of Science, Cognitive psychology, Artificial intelligence Keywords: Bayesian networks, Causal theories, Computational cognitive science, Continuous time, Induction, Probabilistic graphical models	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4357
__label__wiki	0.530907	0.530907	The Devil's Novice (Brother Cadfael Series #8) by Ellis PetersEllis Peters $10.99 $17.99 Save 39% Current price is $10.99, Original price is $17.99. You Save 39%. From the Edgar Award–winning author: When a troubled novice is blamed for a priest’s disappearance, Brother Cadfael seeks to save his soul—and his life. Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in September of 1140, a priestly emissary for King Stephen has been reported missing. But inside the pale, what troubles Brother Cadfael is a proud, secretive nineteen-year-old novice. Brother Cadfael has never seen two men more estranged than the Lord of Aspley and Meriet, the son he coldly delivers to the abbey to begin a religious vocation. Meriet, meek by day, is so racked by dreams at night that his howls earn him the nickname “the Devil’s Novice.” Shunned and feared, Meriet is soon linked to the missing priestly emissary’s dreadful fate. Only Brother Cadfael believes in Meriet’s innocence, and only the good sleuth can uncover the truth before a boy’s pure passion, not evil intent, leads a novice to the noose. MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Brother Cadfael Series , #8 Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter (1913–1995), a British author whose Chronicles of Brother Cadfael are credited with popularizing the historical mystery. Cadfael, a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey in the first half of the twelfth century, has been described as combining the curious mind of a scientist with the bravery of a knight-errant. The character has been adapted for television, and the books drew international attention to Shrewsbury and its history. Pargeter won an Edgar Award in 1963 for Death and the Joyful Woman, and in 1993 she won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, an annual award given by the Crime Writers’ Association of Great Britain. She was appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, and in 1999 the British Crime Writers’ Association established the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award, later called the Ellis Peters Historical Award. The Devil's Novice The Eighth Chronicle Of Brother Cadfael, Of The Benedictine Abbey Of Saint Peter And Saint Paul, At Shrewsbury By Ellis Peters MysteriousPress.com Copyright © 1983 Ellis Peters In the middle of September of that year of Our Lord, 1140, two lords of Shropshire manors, one north of the town of Shrewsbury, the other south, sent envoys to the abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul on the same day, desiring the entry of younger sons of their houses to the Order. One was accepted, the other rejected. For which different treatment there were weighty reasons. "I have called you few together," said Abbot Radulfus, "before making any decision in this matter, or opening it to consideration in chapter, since the principle here involved is at question among the masters of our order at this time. You, Brother Prior and Brother Sub-Prior, as bearing the daily weight of the household and family, Brother Paul as master of the boys and novices, Brother Edmund as an obedientiary and a child of the cloister from infancy, to advise upon the one hand, and Brother Cadfael, as a conversus come to the life at a ripe age and after wide venturings, to speak his mind upon the other." So, thought Brother Cadfael, mute and passive on his stool in the corner of the abbot's bare, wood-scented parlour, I am to be the devil's lawman, the voice of the outer world. Mellowed through seventeen years or so of a vocation, but still sharpish in the cloistered ear. Well, we serve according to our skills, and in the degrees allotted to us, and this may be as good a way as any. He was more than a little sleepy, for he had been outdoors between the orchards of the Gaye and his own herb garden within the pale ever since morning, between the obligatory sessions of office and prayer, and was slightly drunk with the rich air of a fine, fat September, and ready for his bed as soon as Compline was over. But not yet so sleepy that he could not prick a ready ear when Abbot Radulfus declared himself in need of counsel, or even desirous of hearing counsel he yet would not hesitate to reject if his own incisive mind pointed him in another direction. "Brother Paul," said the abbot, casting an authoritative eye round the circle, "has received requests to accept into our house two new devotionaries, in God's time to receive the habit and the tonsure. The one we have to consider here is from a good family, and his sire a patron of our church. Of what age, Brother Paul, did you report him?" "He is an infant, not yet five years old," said Paul. "And that is the ground of my hesitation. We have now only four boys of tender age among us, two of them not committed to the cloistral life, but here to be educated. True, they may well choose to remain with us and join the community in due time, but that is left to them to decide, when they are of an age to make such a choice. The other two, infant oblates given to God by their parents, are already twelve and ten years old, and are settled and happy among us, it would be ill-done to disturb their tranquillity. But I am not easy in my mind about accepting any more such oblates, when they can have no conception of what they are being offered or, indeed, of what they are being deprived. It is joy," said Radulfus, "to open the doors to a truly committed heart and mind, but the mind of a child barely out of nurse belongs with his toys, and the comfort of his mother's lap." Prior Robert arched his silver eyebrows and looked dubiously down his thin, patrician nose. "The custom of offering children as oblates has been approved for centuries. The Rule sanctions it. Any change which departs from the Rule must be undertaken only after grave reflection. Have we the right to deny what a father wishes for his child?" "Have we—has the father—the right to determine the course of a life, before the unwitting innocent has a voice to speak for himself? The practice, I know, is long established, and never before questioned, but it is being questioned now." "In abandoning it," persisted Robert, "we may be depriving some tender soul of its best way to blessedness. Even in the years of childhood a wrong turning may be taken, and the way to divine grace lost." "I grant the possibility," agreed the abbot, "but also I fear the reverse may be true, and many such children, better suited to another life and another way of serving God, may be shut into what must be for them a prison. On this matter I know only my own mind. Here we have Brother Edmund, a child of the cloister from his fourth year, and Brother Cadfael, conversus after an active and adventurous life and at a mature age. And both, as I hope and believe, secure in commitment. Tell us, Edmund, how do you look upon this matter? Have you regretted ever that you were denied experience of the world outside these walls?" Brother Edmund the infirmarer, only eight years short of Cadfael's robust sixty, and a grave, handsome, thoughtful creature who might have looked equally well on horseback and in arms, or farming a manor and keeping a patron's eye on his tenants, considered the question seriously, and was not disturbed. "No, I have had no regrets. But neither did I know what there might be worth regretting. And I have known those who did rebel, even wanting that knowledge. It may be they imagined a better world without than is possible in this life, and it may be that I lack that gift of imagination. Or it may be only that I was fortunate in finding work here within to my liking and within my scope, and have been too busy to repine. I would not change. But my choice would have been the same if I had grown to puberty here, and made my vows only when I was grown. I have cause to know that others would have chosen differently, had they been free." "That is fairly spoken," said Raduifus. "Brother Cadfael, what of you? You have ranged over much of the world, as far as the Holy Land, and borne arms. Your choice was made late and freely, and I do not think you have looked back. Was that gain, to have seen so much, and yet chosen this small hermitage?" Cadfael found himself compelled to think before he spoke, and beneath the comfortable weight of a whole day's sunlight and labour thought was an effort. He was by no means certain what the abbot wanted from him, but had no doubt whatever of his own indignant discomfort at the notion of a babe in arms being swaddled willy-nilly in the habit he himself had assumed willingly. "I think it was gain," he said at length, "and moreover, a better gift I brought, flawed and dinted though it might be, than if I had come in my innocence. For I own freely that I had loved my life, and valued high the warriors I had known, and the noble places and great actions I had seen, and if I chose in my prime to renounce all these, and embrace this life of the cloister in preference to all other, then truly I think I paid the best compliment and homage I had to pay. And I cannot believe that anything I hold in my remembrance makes me less fit to profess this allegiance, but rather better fits me to serve as well as I may. Had I been given in infancy, I should have rebelled in manhood, wanting my rights. Free from childhood, I could well afford to sacrifice my rights when I came to wisdom." "Yet you would not deny," said the abbot, his lean face lit briefly by a smile, "the fitness of certain others, by nature and grace, to come in early youth to the life you discovered in maturity?" "By no means would I deny it! I think those who do so, and with certainty, are the best we have. So they make the choice of their own will, and by their own light." "Well, well!" said Radulfus, and mused with his chin in his hand, and his deep-set eyes shadowed. "Paul, have you any view to lay before us? You have the boys in charge, and I am well aware they seldom complain of you." For Brother Paul, middle-aged, conscientious and anxious, like a hen with a wayward brood, was known for his indulgence to the youngest, for ever in defence of mischief, but a good teacher for all that, instilling Latin without pain on either part. "It would be no burden to me," said Paul slowly, "to care for a little lad of four, but it is of no merit that I should take pleasure in such a charge, or that he should be content. That is not what the Rule requires, or so it seems to me. A good father could do as much for a little son. Better if he come in knowledge of what he does, and with some inkling of what he may be leaving behind him. At fifteen or sixteen years, well taught ..." Prior Robert drew back his head and kept his austere countenance, leaving his superior to make up his own mind as he would. Brother Richard the sub-prior had held his tongue throughout, being a good man at managing day-today affairs, but indolent at attempting decisions. "It has been in my mind, since studying the reasonings of Archbishop Lanfranc," said the abbot, "that there must be a change in our thoughts on this matter of child dedication, and I am now convinced that it is better to refuse all oblates until they are able to consider for themselves what manner of life they desire. Therefore, Brother Paul, it is my view that you must decline the offer of this boy, upon the terms desired. Let his father know that in a few years time the boy will be welcome, as a pupil in our school, but not as an oblate entering the order. At a suitable age, should he so wish, he may enter. So tell his parent." He drew breath and stirred delicately in his chair, to indicate that the conference was over. "And you have, as I understand, another request for admission?" Brother Paul was already on his feet, relieved and smiling. "There will be no difficulty there, Father. Leoric Aspley of Aspley desires to bring to us his younger son Meriet. But the young man is past his nineteenth birthday, and he comes at his own earnest wish. In his case, Father, we need have no qualms at all." "Not that these are favourable times for recruitment," owned Brother Paul, crossing the great court to Compline with Cadfael at his side, "that we can afford to turn postulants away. But for all that, I'm glad Father Abbot decided as he did. I have never been quite happy about the young children. Certainly in most cases they may be offered out of true love and fervour. But sometimes a man must wonder ... With lands to keep together, and one or two stout sons already, it's a way of disposing profitably of the third." "That can happen," said Cadfael drily, "even where the third is a grown man." "Then usually with his full consent, for the cloister can be a promising career, too, But the babes in arms—no, that way is too easily abused." "Do you think we shall get this one in a few years, on Father Abbot's terms?" wondered Cadfael. "I doubt it. If he's placed here to school, his sire will have to pay for him." Brother Paul, who could discover an angel within every imp he taught, was nevertheless a sceptic concerning their elders. "Had we accepted the boy as an oblate, his keep and all else would be for us to bear. I know the father. A decent enough man, but parsimonious. But his wife, I fancy, will be glad enough to keep her youngest." They were at the entrance to the cloister, and the mild green twilight of trees and bushes, tinted with the first tinge of gold, hung still and sweet-scented on the air. "And the other?" said Cadfael. "Aspley—that should be somewhere south, towards the fringes of the Long Forest, I've heard the name, but no more. Do you know the family?" "Only by repute, but that stands well. It was the manor steward who came with the word, a solid old countryman, Saxon by his name—Fremund. He reports the young man lettered, healthy and well taught. Every way a gain to us." A conclusion with which no one had then any reason to quarrel. The anarchy of a country distracted by civil war between cousins had constricted monastic revenues, kept pilgrims huddled cautiously at home, and sadly diminished the number of genuine postulants seeking the cloister, while frequently greatly increasing the numbers of indigent fugitives seeking shelter there. The promise of a mature entrant already literate, and eager to begin his novitiate, was excellent news for the abbey. Afterwards, of course, there were plenty of wiseacres pregnant with hindsight, listing portents, talking darkly of omens, brazenly asserting that they had told everyone so. After every shock and reverse, such late experts proliferate. It was only by chance that Brother Cadfael witnessed the arrival of the new entrant, two days later. After several days of clear skies and sunshine for harvesting the early apples and carting the new-milled flour, it was a day of miserable downpour, turning the roads to mud, and every hollow in the great court into a treacherous puddle. In the carrels of the scriptorium copiers and craftsmen worked thankfully at their desks. The boys kicked their heels discontentedly indoors, baulked of their playtime, and the few invalids in the infirmary felt their spirits sink as the daylight dimmed and went into mourning. Of guests there were few at that time. There was a breathing-space in the civil war, while earnest clerics tried to bring both sides together in agreement, but most of England preferred to stay at home and wait with held breath, and only those who had no option rode the roads and took shelter in the abbey guest-halls. Cadfael had spent the first part of the afternoon in his workshop in the herbarium. Not only had he a number of concoctions working there, fruit of his autumn harvest of leaves, roots and berries, but he had also got hold of a copy of Aelfric's list of herbs and trees from the England of a century and a half earlier, and wanted peace and quiet in which to study it. Brother Oswin, whose youthful ardour was Cadfael's sometime comfort and frequent anxiety in this his private domain, had been excused attendance, and gone to pursue his studies in the liturgy, for the time of his final vows was approaching, and he needed to be word-perfect. The rain, though welcome to the earth, was disturbing and depressing to the mind of man. The light lowered; the leaf Cadfael studied darkened before his eyes. He gave up his reading. Literate in English, he had learned his Latin laboriously in maturity, and though he had mastered it, it remained unfamiliar, an alien tongue. He went the round of his brews, stirred here and there, added an ingredient in a mortar and ground until it blended into the cream within, and went back in scurrying haste through the wet gardens to the great court, with his precious parchment in the breast of his habit. He had reached the shelter of the guest-hall porch, and was drawing breath before splashing through the puddles to the cloister, when three horsemen rode in from the Foregate, and halted under the archway of the gatehouse to shake off the rain from their cloaks. The porter came out in haste to greet them, slipping sidelong in the shelter of the wall, and a groom came running from the stable-yard, splashing through the rain with a sack over his head. So that must be Leoric Aspley of Aspley, thought Cadfael, and the son who desires to take the cowl here among us. And he stood to gaze a moment, partly out of curiosity, partly out of a vain hope that the downpour would ease, and let him cross to the scriptorium without getting wetter than he need. A tall, erect, elderly man in a thick cloak led the arrivals, riding a big grey horse. When he shook off his hood he uncovered a head of bushy, grizzled hair and a face long, austere and bearded. Even at that distance, across the wide court, he showed handsome, unsmiling, unbending, with a high-bridged, arrogant nose and a grimly proud set to his mouth and jaw, but his manner to porter and groom, as he dismounted, was gravely courteous. No easy man, probably no easy parent to please. Did he approve his son's resolve, or was he accepting it only under protest and with displeasure? Cadfael judged him to be in the mid-fifties, and thought of him, in all innocence, as an old man, forgetting that his own age, to which he never gave much thought, was past sixty. Excerpted from The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters. Copyright © 1983 Ellis Peters. Excerpted by permission of MysteriousPress.com. The Devil's Novice (Brother Cadfael Series #8) 4.1 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 7 reviews. wyvernfriend on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago The monastery receives a new novice Meriet Aspley. He appears meek but his nights are punctuated by screams, waking the other monks and earning him the nickname of Devil's Novice. Cadfael isn't sure why he wants to become a monk and isn't sure that it's for the right reasons.Interesting and involved, though occasionally my brain did stray that may have been with the astonishment that there was some sun. Joycepa on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago 8th in the Brother Caedfel series.A young man, Meiret Aspley, who is obviously on tense terms with his father, is received into the abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul as a candidate for the community. Meanwhile, there is a missing cleric from the house of the powerful bishop of Winchester, one who was an envoy to the Northern baron, the Earl of Chester, whom bishop Henry, the King¿s brother, is courting as an ally for Stephen in his war with the Empress Maude for the English crown; no one has seen the canon since he left the manor of Aspley, the family home of the young new novice.While fervent in his desires to rush the usual procedure and take committing vows early, Meiret is not the world¿s most suitable candidate for monkhood. In addition to personality characteristics such as aloofness, Meiret has troubling dreams at night, which are so loud and so disturbing that the other novices become afraid, fearing he is possessed by demons, calling him the Devil¿s novice. Meiret¿s cause is not advanced when he attacks the officious Brother Jerome for taking and burning a keepsake that Meiret had under his mattress.Caedfel journeys to Aspley to find out more about Meiret, and comes across a young heiress who has her cap set for Meiret despite his oblivion to her presence in any capacity more than a former playmate. Caedfel and Isouda become co-conspirators to find out what is troubling Meiret. Then the horse belonging to the missing envoy is found; that and other discoveries throw suspicion squarely on Meiret.Another good book in the series of the late-to-vocation Brother Caedfel, Benedictine lay brother and master of herbs at the abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul. This is not a heavyweight series, but rather a gentle excursion into the Police procedural genre set in the 12th century. Peters¿ writing is never hurried, and her characters are not complex although well-drawn. What makes the series interesting is the political history that is seamlessly interwoven into each of the stories. It was a terrible time, of civil war, in England, and the ordinary people were, as usual, the ones who suffered. More than most, this book depends on the shifting alliances of that war for its main story-telling impetus. Peters does an excellent, although understated, job of depicting how the actions of high lords influenced events on the local level.Highly recommended. seoulful on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago I have finally found an Ellis Peters, Brother Cadfael mystery story that didn't quite measure up to the high standard she has set and achieved in the other Brother Cadfael mysteries. I believe the answer lies in the rather unsympathetic ancillary characters that not only don't ring true, but also do not inspire our interest. We still have the tried and true Brother Cadfael, resident monk and herbalist at the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Medieval Shrewsbury, England as well as Hugh Beringar, the no nonsense sheriff of the shire plus the gentle monk, Mark, who cares for the lepers and maimed at nearby St. Giles. We also have the excellent descriptions of medieval life and wonderful use of the English language from Ellis Peters to give pleasure to one of her lesser offerings. DWWilkin on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago The prose is very enjoyable in the early half of the book. The mystery solution seems to become apparent as the story unfolds, but the conclusions for it are a little forced, perhaps needing another clue or two. maita on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago A novice is wracked by nightmares. His nightly screams named him as the Devil's Novice. It is Brother Cadfael who uncovers the hidden hurts he has witnessed and uncover a crime in Shrewsburry. Good read. I love Brother Cadfael mysteries. He has a certain flair in a medieval world. book by chris nickson book by ellis peters book by charles todd the leper of saint giles saint peters fair A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk Series #2) No breath of scandal has ever touched the aristocratic Moidore family–until Sir Basil’s beautiful widowed ... No breath of scandal has ever touched the aristocratic Moidore family–until Sir Basil’s beautiful widowed daughter is stabbed to death in her own bed, a shocking, incomprehensible tragedy.Inspector William Monk is ordered to investigate in a manner that will give ... A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael Peters has gained worldwide praise for her meticulous re-creations of 12th-century monastic life. Here, her ... Peters has gained worldwide praise for her meticulous re-creations of 12th-century monastic life. 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Damned in Paradise (Nathan Heller Series #8) On leave from the Chicago police department, Nate Heller goes to Hawaii to help family ... On leave from the Chicago police department, Nate Heller goes to Hawaii to help family friend Clarence Darrow by investigating the rape and murder of a bride only to uncover a morass of bigotry, lies, and revenge. Daughter of Deceit (Family Tree Mystery Series #3) Katharine Murray's elegant Atlanta home has been viciously vandalized! She's prepared to devote all her ... Katharine Murray's elegant Atlanta home has been viciously vandalized! She's prepared to devote all her time to getting it back in tip-top shape—until she meets Bara Weidenauer. Once a picture-perfect socialite, Bara has fallen on some hard times. Her husband, ... Mad Hatter's Holiday (Sergeant Cribb Series #4) “Lovesey’s best yet.” —H.R.F. Keating, The TimesBrighton, 1882: Albert Moscrop spends his holiday peering at beachgoers through ... “Lovesey’s best yet.” —H.R.F. Keating, The TimesBrighton, 1882: Albert Moscrop spends his holiday peering at beachgoers through a telescope, piecing together disarmingly trivial observations into a compelling drama for his own amusement. A keen student of human nature, Moscrop ... Plague Land (Somershill Manor Series #1) In this chilling historical mystery, young girls go missing from a medieval English village and ... In this chilling historical mystery, young girls go missing from a medieval English village and Lord Oswald de Lacy must find the killer before tragedy strikes again.Oswald de Lacy was never meant to be the Lord of Somerhill Manor. Despatched ...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4359
__label__cc	0.558288	0.441712	International Tribunal favours Nigeria Over Switzerland on $14M Dispute Senate urges FG to ban Sniper, establish Trauma centers Senate President Lawan Congratulates Super Eagles Gov Obiano Pays Fines for the Release of Prison Inmates in… Home Security Nigerian Army disclaims Image of Partisan, Brutal Soldiers… vows to deal with... Nigerian Army disclaims Image of Partisan, Brutal Soldiers… vows to deal with culprits PRNigeria Colonel Sagir Musa Army disclaims Image of Partisan, Brutal Soldiers… vows to deal with culprits At the moment, the top echelon of the Nigerian Military seems not to happy due to the obstinate resolve of purveyors of fake news to smear the reputation of the Army through offensive images and videos. To this end, the Nigerian Army has vowed to launch an investigation to ascertain the authenticity of a viral photograph showing four soldiers raising the four fingers of each of their hands, apparently in solidarity with the campaign sign of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Nigerian Army also promised to investigate a trending video of purported soldiers maltreating a man. The Army bluntly disclosed that those found culpable would face the consequence of their indiscretion. A picture of four soldiers, a social media hit, has been trending online for some days, giving the impression of a partisan military while another tviral video emerged showing men in military camouflage beating up an undressed man may be fake. In a press release, the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said: “The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to a picture of four armed men dressed in what looks like military camouflage in a 4 x 4 finger sign supposedly connoting a campaign symbol of a political party which is against the rules and regulations of the Nigerian Army. “The Nigerian Army wishes to dissociate itself from the picture even as it has commenced an immediate investigation with the view to ascertain the source and authenticity of the pictures and the “soldiers’ involved. If the outcome of the investigation confirms this to be true, appropriate sanctions would be provided. “Nigerian Army of today under the command of Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai do not condone or encourage indiscipline and any form of professional misconduct. On many occasions, the Chief of Army Staff has made it strongly clear that Army personnel will remain neutral, totally apolitical and will not compromise its constitutional roles under any guise.” Speaking on the video, the Army’s spokesperson said the style of camouflage being worn by the soldiers in the video was no longer in use, adding that the men could be impostors. The statement read, “However, looking at the video closely and carefully, even without or before deliberate investigation is conducted, one can raise salient fundamental common sense observations with regards to the video especially on the three persons that are dressed in camouflage uniform. “The personnel in some of the trending photo could not be from the Nigerian Army from their dressing pattern, the designs of their camouflage and type of boots that are at variance from the Army uniforms. “Most of the videos were staged-managed going by the deliberate filming of the said atrocity in broad day light without any fear of sanction.” By PRNigeria Sagir Musa Previous articleKukasheka Denies Political Reason for Retirement Next articleTijjanniya Leader, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi Berates Muslims who attack Muslims over politics SP Lawan Warns South Africans: We Will No Longer Condone Xenophobic Attack on Nigerians Government PRNigeria - July 15, 2019 State PRNigeria - July 15, 2019 Anti-Corruption PRNigeria - July 15, 2019 National PRNigeria - July 15, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4361
__label__cc	0.734149	0.265851	Home Chat Room Archives Live Event Archives Live Events – Democratic Debate in IA – 2-4-2016 Chat Room Archives Live Event Archives Live Events – Democratic Debate in IA – 2-4-2016 Our Live Chat accompanying tonights first head-to-head debate between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton begins at 6:00pm PST tonight! Hope to see you then! AdLib 2 days ago The debate is being broadcast on MSNBC and NBC, you can visit their websites to live stream: http://www.msnbc.com/ MSNBC: news, video and progressive community. Lean Forward. The shows you love, issues that matter: Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Chris Hayes, Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz, Joe Scarborough. http://www.nbcnews.com/ NBC News – Breaking News & Top Stories – Latest World, US & Local News Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture. This may be a surprisingly important debate, It will be interesting! pinkpantheroz I actually don’t want to dislike Hillary but she makes it a bit hard when she attacks Bernie for repeating her exact words on being a moderate. It’s so disingenuous. Ad, she’s just another politician. That’s what they do! PPO – I know but in a year where authenticity is so critical, being a 20th century politician who will say anything at any moment for poolitical advantage is a problem. political, that is. And in contrast with Bernie, it looks even worse to be dishonest and manipulative. Almost time! Hey peeps! Ready to rumble? KillgoreTrout Watching on MSNBC, Chris Matthews should have his pants sprayed with a fire extinguisher. He is manic against Bernie, panicking that he could be nominated. He said Hillary should have been vetted by voters a year ago, before the only alternative was Bernie. He goes mental over Bernie being a “socialist” and tried to apply strict dictionary definitions to it, keeps proclaiming a socialist can never win an election (even though some people kept trying to correct him and explain that he’s a Democratic Socialist as most democracies have. He is such an ignorant dinosaur, has no clue why Bernie has support. Oh crap, commercials! I forget, because I don’t watch television, usually. I can never really figure Matthews out. I seen him do some really good interviews, not letting RW fanatics off the hook, then he does dickish things like you just decribed, Ad. And Brian Williams is such a fool, proclaiming there must be a winner and loser tonight. This is a debate, not an election, it’s possible for both to do well or both have trouble. No Brian, there won’t necessarily be a meaningful winner. Hey Babs, go live in the Dome in New Orleans. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Where are you watching? All I get is music! KT – When it comes to Bernie, Matthews goes mental. He might as well wear a Hillary bumper sticker on his forehead, he rants against Bernie and decribes him like someone who’s mentally ill. Here we go, should be starting now PPO! Matthews is a puzzle. He’s a weird combination of very rational, and at times very emotional. Definitely oil and water there. Matthews is actually angry that Hillary is not getting a coronation. KT – I think he has a short circuit in his brain, sometimes the current flows properly and other times he goes haywire. Go Rachel! Effin thing has hung up! That would be a faulty diode. Sorry, my technician’s back round slipped through.. I can only imagine the nasty pro-Repub questioons Chuck “GOP” Todd will ask. I do think Rachel will do a good job (she did a forum but has she moderated a debate before?). Just wave bye, bye Heb! America does not want a third Bush administration. Go away! Damn, has it come back PPO? Try reloading the page. Jeb is polling in 5th place, I could imagine him staying in the race after NH if he finishes around there. Oh, Heb is not a career politician? He and his whole family are. This is why he’s in 5th place. Hey Homie! Heb begging for applause…then the lights went out. He’s such a sad sack. OK, went to NBCnews. Running fine. Heb, meet Dr. Freud. Dr. Freud, meet Heb!! Hey Homie! Just trying to get a live stream of the debate here… kesmarn Kes try: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/democratic-debate-clinton-sanders-square-new-hampshire-n511096 4 Things to Watch in First Head-to-Head Dem Debate The debate comes as the candidates have been exchanging fire on who is a real progressive in the race and on who is the bigger underdog. MSNBC is working for me. NBC is restricted in this area. I have no idea why. Thanks much, PPO! Hey Kes! Hillary, it would be crazy to end the ACA before single payer is in place and that’s not what Bernie would do. Hey, AdLib! HRC seems to be working hard to keep her voice verrry low so far. Isn’t there a happy medium somewhere there? I don’t either, Bernie. Kes – My bet is that Hillary is trying to replicate what happened in 2008 in NH, trying to appear more vulnerable and softer and the underdog. Just the opposite persona she displayed days ago in IA. Hillary and her canned lines about Bernie destroying the ACA. I seem to recall her making herself cry back then. Wall st helping Middle class? Yeah, that’s going to happen, Bernie Kes – I wouldn’t be surprised if she went there again this time around. She’s not telling the truth. Sanders never said he wanted to scrap the ACA. good point PPO. It’s a nice idea. Bernie just said what I mentioned, he won’t dismantle the ACA while pursuing single payer. Go Bernie. Go Rachel, go! Really Hillary? Another canned line, “A Progressive that gets things done” then “Obama isn’t a Progressive?” Dishonest Hillary. Qoth the Lorax! The more I see of Hillary the less I like her. I’m taking a lot of heat from feminists for that, but I just can’t help it. Hillary punching heavily And I consider myself a feminist! I will say, that no one holds exclusive rights to political classifications like progressive, moderate or right wing. Kes, she’s pushing to be POTUS! Feminism hasn’t a place there just now Hillary opposes bringing back Glass Steagal, supported the Bankruptcy revisions that killed consumers and only helped Wall Street and voted for the Iraq War. Was pro DADT and DOMA. Progressive? i consider myself a big fan of femmes. Glad to hear it, Homie! Hillary is not very likable. And Hillary has done so many U-turns — it’s pretty difficult to categorize her as anything — Lib, Progressive or centrist. Ad, perhaps, but the alternatives are more likeable? Ad, well, would you have a beer with her? PPO – It’s close to being the better of two evils but Hillary will always be a better choice than any Repub. KT – I would have a beer with her out of interest but not because I find her someone who would be good company. absolutely no doubt, Ad. I don’t think enough people realize the real stakes in this election. We just can’t allow another GOP administration. Hillary just lied about her “moderate” quote. Maybe she would surprise you. Whooops, Hillary’s “gatekeeper” accusation was a bit nasty. He never declared that he was the “gatekeeper.” Grrrr! Ad, I hear ‘Gatekeeper 30 secs after your post, so getting things on delay here. Interesting. Exactly Kes. That was a definite jab. She’s trying to get him angry. It may be working. And then she says: “You started it!!” What is she? 12? PPO – Actually , I’m psychic. well Homie, he did, really. Yes, you’re ahead of my feed too, AdLib! I’m watching on tv which is always ahead of web feeds. Heh! Good one, Bernie! I think he was responding to a question when he said “on some days” she’s progressive, Homie. I could be wrong though. Yeah! 50 state strategy! I was laughing at his joke about dems. DWS has killed the 50 state strategy. DWS, ad? DWS needs to go. Hillary, stop trying to compliment yourself based on those supporting you. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Yeah right Hill. They hate you more than they hate Obama. I didn’t think that was possible. Hillary set herself up for being called Establishment, nice, Bernie. Hillary is definitely “establishment.” No question about it. Bernie keeping it positive for the most part. That’s good. Hillary, you are the wife of a President and a Senator and SoS and you’re not Establishment??? Ooooooooo! Go On…… Oh — play the woman card now. One needs to be pragmatic and KNOW how to work ‘the Establishment” Bernie doesn’t seem to have that ability Homie, I think she playing the anti-establishment card. Did I mention I’m a multimillionaire taking Wall Street money? Er…I mean a woman. Bernie wins this argument on money in politics. PPO. Bernie is calling for, and relying on a genuine political revolution. He has even said so. I think that’s the only way to get any change in our favor. Here she goes, “I’m a victim!” They all take speaking fees, Ad. Kt, you may be right, and probably are, BUT, will Washington ever change that much? I very much doubt it Chelsea’s father-in-law served time in prison for investor fraud. I will say no more… That’s why Bernie insists that we have to help him. Obama has been asking the same for a long time now. Oooohhh… Nasty! Now Hillary is losing it. She is. This is not “presidential.” Bernie is smartly parrying her dishonest claim that money contributed to pols doesn’t corrupt. Bernie is going full Bullworth! Go Bernie! Go! Bernie “Bullworth” Sanders. i like it Ad! Tell it like it is! Hillary down for an 8-count “Have I mentioned lately, I’m a victim?” Now, she’s right about that. Hillary is cherry picking Bernie’s record. Benghazi, anybody? Talk about being attacked. Benghazi is one legit issue she can claim being victimized on. What did her husband do? Sanctioned the elimination of Glass-Steagall? Comparing the 2 debates, now THIS is a Debate! Both punching and counterpunching. no doubt Ad. And Monicagate, and probably a few more manufactured scandals. Grabbing a coffee BRB Kes – Exactly ! And Hillary says she will not reinstate it…THAT is the payoff for the Wall Street contributions but Bernie is smart not to point that out. Hillary running to the bathroom now. She’ll be back five minutes after the debate resumes. I have a serious question. If dems bash the shyte out of hillary, and she wins the nomination, then what? Do we flip-flop and start saying good things about her? It’s a serious question. KT – Yep, Travelgate too and the email issue. Hillary was unfairly attacked along the way, it is true but Bernie repeating her words is not an attack. KT – Not me, I will always say that Hillary is no Bernie or Obama but she’s better than any Repub. Like some other GE’s, I think it may be voting for the better of two evils (though I don’t think Hillary is evil). oh no doubt, but how would express your support beyond saying HIllary is no Bernie? I mean there has to be a better argument than, she is the lesser of two evils. Good question, KT. I was (and still am) prepared to vote for her in the general — for obvious reasons. But tonight I have to say I’m not impressed. She seems to be coming across as angry and desperate and even mean. I know she’s rattled after Iowa, but if she can be thrown off her game by Bernie, what is Putin going to do to her? I would say that if Hillary was Pres, Dems would have leverage to hold her feet to the fire because she’s a Dem (and wants to get re-elected). Any Repub would ignore most of the country and do horrible things and take pride in ignoring the people. Oh Homie, Hillary is tough as nails. Just remember how she handled the Congressional investigators of Benghazi. I think she wants the white house so bad, that it means more than anything to her. Maybe not such a good thing, but I think that’s why she’s getting flustered. Kes – That’s a goood point, her getting rattled at this point and in 2008 does create concern. BTW, Hillary avoiding answering Rachel’s question on the speaking fees. KT – I agree, Hillary was phenomenal in that Benghazi hearing. But tonight and in the election, she has shown to be less steady. bill Maher said, “Hillary eats scandals for breakfast. They only make her stronger!” A joke yes, but with a fair amount of truth. And that question is not going to go away, AdLib. Goldman-Sachs doesn’t ever invest money without expecting a return on it. that’s because she want’s this so badly. Her emotions are taking over. Not good. The question is, “Why do you think they paid you that much money?” Hillary does look a bit rattled. Or is it just me? whew Hoo! Damn straight Bernie! DAMN STRAIGHT! Bernie, How are you going to change Wall St? PPO, he can only hope to get tighter regs. Wall St., in many ways, IS America. Bernie’s looking like a peer which he needs to do. Hillary isn’t looking bad but I would think she would need to come off more likable than she is to change the dynamics. Good for Bernie for mentioning Elizabeth Warren. And the banks being bigger than ever. The problem a lot of people don’t get is that millions of IRA benefits come through Wall St. Will people endorse less profits? a question Bernie has real momentum on his side. There just may be a real political revolution going on. It’s een a long time coming. Hillary’s son-in-law is a hedge fund guy as is her daughter! And she claims she’s an enemy of the hedge fund guys? is Hillary getting nasal? Tears next? And her son-in-law’s Dad went to prison for investor fraud. Hillary has to equal Bernie’s toughness, not making herself more ‘likeable’ Kes – I saw you mentioned that above, I didn’t know that. kes… and her husband was indicted. What has any of that got to do with this debate Let’s do keep in mind, that no hands in DC are spotless. But I think Bernie is coming off as tough but likable, whereas she is only tough at the moment. I guess it comes down to a matter of degrees. Ouch! Will Hillary release the transcripts of her paid speeches? “I’ll look into it.” i’d like to see those. Oh the politicians back up….I’ll look into it. Me too. And I’d bet she will not release those transcripts. We should hold her accountable for this. how about Pfeizer, Lilly and Merk? She says to look at her record — but what record does she have of going after financials and Wall St. PPO – I do think Hillary comes off as tough, just like Bernie. But she’s not someone who inspires enthusiasm. She’s been losing her advantage among women in polling. We need a Wikileaks on her paid speech transcripts. Bernie’s starting to sound like a broken record. same ol’, same ol good idea Ad. Neither do I. Wikileaks for Hillary? Yes. Hillary making an experience argument in a year when that isn’t playing. Julian, are you out of the Embassy yet? It will play in the general, Ad. I think sometimes HIllary is trying to steal votes from the GOP. Not a bad strategy, but very tricky to pull off. PPO – He does hammer the same things over and over. Some might call it staying on point, on an opinion that resonates with voters. It can get redundant though. Good question, Rachel. the voters may give pause to think of stuff like that I want someone to ask Bernie if he’d vote for Hillary, should she get the nomination. Bernie is not anti-corporate. He’s not anti-capitalism. He’s just against unregulated and untaxed corporations/capitalism. KT – Triangulation worked for Bill. Everything Bernie wants to do, cannot be done with an all republican Congress. Mis-terms, folks, mid-terms. Yes, it did. KT – I know absolutely that he would answer that he would vote for her…but he’ll be the nominee. Something like that. that sounds about right. change, in and of itself, is not always a good thing. KT – The bottom line is that the Repub House isn’t going to pass anything Hillary or Bernie want, there is no difference on that. The difference is having a President using the bully pulpit to arouse the public to demand change and vote out those who won’t make it happed (after the 2020 census and gerrymandering by Repubs could be changed). Mid-terms indeed, Homie! I don’t like hypotheticals. I prefer reality. My thoughts so far. Ignoring the personal thoughts of ‘liking’ either, I think it’s pretty even just now. Yes, midterms! That’s the only way we can get anything accomplished. No president is all powerful. Our government is set up that way. PPO – I can’t be perfectly impartial but I’d give a small edge to Bernie for not focusing on personal attacks while Hillary is. I think point for point they’re about equal, PPO. Hillary does seem angrier though. Maybe that’s intentional? Ad, from here I’m not getting that, but then I’m 12,000miles away! Kes, yes, I think she needs to neutralize Bernies blustering manner. I think anger strengthens Hillary. If she gets riled, she seems to show more “moxie?” Kes – I don’t know, maybe it’s a psych game to get Bernie to reply angrily, yelling at a woman? Don’t doubt those kinds of games go on, don’t know that’s the case but maybe. Got it PPO, very subjective. Bernie wouldn’t play the gender card, so if that her plan, she’s wrong. That’s a possibility, AdLib. I think it’s not a smart tactic. Especially with a man of Bernie’s age who had a different sort of training regarding women than say a Ted Cruz… Now, a chance for Hillary to show her International abilities Now she sounds reasonable, I thought she was angry and stressed earlier when she and her ties to Wall Street money was the topic. Maybe she popped a Valium in the rest room? Wall St. is her Achilles Heel, Ad. Hi Planetary Peeps! Listened to the debate on Sirius on the way home so I did not miss much. Just hearing it gives a very interesting insight….Clinton comes off very well in her argument construction and syntax…. MurphTheSurf3 Hey Murph! Hey, Murph! Hello Kes, PPO, KT and Ad! Hey Murph. Hey Murph! It’s been a pretty even debate but as I mentioned, I think Hillary was a bit evasive and too angry earlier but not enough to say she’s losing the debate. I do think Bernie is doing a bit better by personalizing less. That’s not an answer Bernie. He’s hedging here. How would Bernie bring that about? Uh, OH, feed has hung. Anyone else affected? Bernie is so enthusiastic and earnest. He gets props for that. My feed is still okay, PPO. KT – In the primary, yes but if she was the nom, the money she’s taken from Wall Street won’t matter. so were many others, Murph. That’s not always a good yard stick. Hillary does look stronger on foreign affairs right now. KT…I agree but I also like what he is saying…he has passion and prophetic insight. A good combo. ISIS is way more powerful than Hezbollah or HAMAS, and they’re not gone after decades! So this is a bit moot Hillary understands the complex web of international relations and structure in a way that Bernie cannot begin to match…..Todd is making that point now. It’s domestic issues that are Hillary’s weakness but she excels in foreign affairs. Beyond speaking fees, how much else did she get from them.? I have to say, I see the race between the dems and the repubs as trench warfare. There is sooo much at stake. Hillary’s experience as SoS gives her an advantage here, but there’s also something to be said for instincts. And when the time to vote on the Iraq War came, Bernie’s instincts led him to vote no while her’s led to a yes vote. KT – Millions in SuperPAC financing from Wall Street to Hillary too. It would give her an advantage in real time, if she get’s the white house. Kes – Excellent point. And Hillary is a hawk, she wants a no-fly zone in Syria…ISIS doesn’t have an air force! Russia does though. I would really like more specifics on just who comprises “Wall St.” KT – Individuals and companies in the business of finance. I would say that Wall St. has gotten a bigger bang for their buck for their “investment” in the GOP candidates than they have for their Dem contributions. Hillary is winning in Foreign affairs. Kes – Are you prepping Bernie? He just said what you wrote! Oops… I was typing… Oh… now I just heard it! LOL! True PPO but the vote for the Iraq war hurts that a bit. Kes, yes, of course they would get more from the GOP, they’re corrupt! In Syria, Russian jets share very limited air space with each other. One accident between Russian planes and American planes could lead to a very tense situation between Russia and us. Pleae, enough with the Iraq vote. Enough already. True dat, PPO! well, yeah Ad. All right, or all left? KT – It all goes to judgement. The Iraq War, no-fly in Syria and as she’s saying now, not trying to normalize with Iran and blind allegience to whatever Israel wants help describe her judgment. Kes….Bernie’s instincts were very much rooted in his general distrust of the GOP and of the neocons in general. He voted against the authorization because they had not convinced him and he chose to give the benefit of the doubt to his doubts. He really did not make the case he (and most) now make. His speech from the floor of the Senate at the time makes it clear that he does not have a strong counter argument but he does has the position that the administration had the obligation to convince him and that it did not. I think her judgement has been more in the interests of America, than her political career. The woman isn’t a monolith. Hillary must have read my entry about HAMAS and Hezbollah Murph, I hope I can find the video later, but there’s vid of him predicting the potential meltdown in the ME at the time of the Iraq War vote. And it was eerily prescient. Murph – I think Bernie has great instincts, he doesn’t trust the war hawks and the military on seeking war. we didn’t normalize relations with cuba overnight, either. As a matter of fact, we are only in the very beginning of normalizing Cuba. Kt… and that taken 50 years! Kes….I know it and his thinking was that of a school of thought based in a a realistic understanding of the cultural chaos rooted in religious difference as the core problem. Hillary is right about this. Hillary is not advocating no talk. KT – Part of the delay in normalizing relations with Cuba is because Repubs in Congress won’t drop sanctions. Exactly PPO. I think they’re both on the same page here when all’s said and done. and the Castro boys are playing it very safe. It’s not a one sided thing. Agreed, Kes. KT – Hillary set up a straw man though, Bernie wasn’t saying and never said normalize with Iran overnight. She’s trying to portray Bernie and dangerously naive and ignorant on foreign policy. He’s really not. No, he said we normalized Cuba. We haven’t. We’ve only just begun to succeed. ad….I agree….but I thin we have to be aware that Bush and His People (or his Masters) made their case Bush was trusted, widely, for the handling of 9/11 and for the Afghan War Phase I….now we know the trust in so many areas and that knowledge colors every recollection. Kes – She did the same with Obama. Remember “answering the call at 3 am”? So many schemes… We have to seriously know about other nation’s motivatons by knowing more about them on the whole. That’s true. Same tactic, AdLib. (“This young/old guy can’t be trusted.”) Murph – I think the smartest way to look at war is as skeptically as possible then only committing as a last resort. Under Repubs and especially Bush, it was a first or second resort. yes! North Korea cannot be taken more lightly than we take a “possible,” nuclear Iran. Good analysis from H about russia hillary is very smart about the rest of the world. And she’s tough. I love a revolution, more than most, probably, and I’m behind Bernie, but if I have to vote Hillary, I won’t be holding my nose. I’m with her on not privatizing the VA. That’s for sure. Ad…..again, the filter of now looking at then…..the case made for the invasion sure looked solid. In my Department of History at my university…..every single member of the department, many high level anti-interventionist skeptics…..support the decision….Colin Powell was the case closer for most of us….If only we had know. KT – She is very experienced in foreign affairs (can you imagine a President Rubio in a national emergency?). But I do have my concerns about where she will be on the Progressive issues she has newly adopted. everybody talks about how bad, bad, bad the VA is. I know,from personal experience, that the VA has only gotten better through the decades. They are actually pretty darn good these days. Many civilian hospitals that charge outrageous fees, are no better. Murph – That’s just not true, in fact, it recently came out that Rumsfeld and Cheney hid documents that stated that there was no solid intel on WMD. It was all hearsay and third hand and they hid that from the public. Republicans like active duty soldiers. Once you leave the battlefield, they could care less about you. And yet — there were about two dozen of us in Toledo Ohio (and about 500,000 in London) who marched against that Iraq War idea — somehow knowing that there’s was some genuine manure being shoveled in DC during the Dubya years. Ad…re-read my statement…Yes, I agree it was not so but when did we learn that? At the time the case they fabricated, packaged, and sold carried the day. We went to war in Iraq with the Bush Admin KNOWING that there was no hard evidence supporting suspicions of WMD. And the UN inspectors assured the Bush Admin that there were no WMDs. They ignored the only concrete evidence there was. how the hell would someone privatize the VA? Let’s look at the VA as workman’s comp and employer provided health care insurance! That is what it is, in reality. Murph – They learned that before the Iraq War and hid those reports so they could go to war. Ad who is the “they” you are referring to. The federal government being the EMPLOYER!. http://www.democracynow.org/2003/2/17/the_world_says_no_to_war The World Says No to War! Millions March in New York, Rome, London, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, Melbourne, Sydney and France Tens of millions of people took to the streets over the weekend in some 600 cities around the world. They marched and rallied and demonstrated to protest the Bush Administration’s plans to attack on Iraq. oh come on now Bernie. The Iraq vote, again? Nobody voted for what actually happened. Everybody was lied to. Murph – Here’s the story about it: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/25/1474826/-Rumsfeld-quietly-shelved-a-2002-report-undermining-Bush-administration-s-claims-about-Iraq-s-WMDs Homie, I think the Kochs want to give veterans “vouchers” to spend at for-profit hospitals. Bad idea. I work with a number of vets right now in getting their needs addressed……once they get into the system it does get better, much better now under Obama…but the processing is a nightmare still Hello everyone…am I on the right screen? monicaangela You are, Monica! Hey Monicaangela, yes you are! Thanks Kes! Ad….I know all of that….we are speaking here about the grounds that Bernie had for his no vote….. Thanks AdLib. Hello Monicaangela….it has been a very long time since last we interacted. I hope you are well. Very, very bad idea. Homie. We soldiers, sailors, Marines, and Air Force worked for uncle sam. Uncle Am was our employer and should be responsible for our healthcare. Above and beyond the call of oligarchy! Chuck Todd trying to start a fight on the IA results. Nice try Chuckie! I think Bernie had the same sense that all those demonstrators had. That this was a horrible plan Dubya had. Hello Murph, good to see you again, and yes it has been a long time. All is well on my end, hope the same for you. Kes – Instincts, right? Bernie has good instincts about not being easily swayed into war. Monica…thank you….yes things are good. Oh I can’t stand Chuck Todd. What a weasel. Right, AdLib! That makes two of us KT. Hey Lady. How are ya? Ad…Todd’s “let’s you and him fight” tactic is trotted out regular in his MTP sessions….especially the new weekday show. Chuck Troll. Chuck Toad. Doing well KT, hope all is well with you. Chuck Tossed Murph – Todd has the most horrible Repubs on his show and rarely anyone else. Can’t complain. Doing well, actually. Chuck tosser Kes – Even better! Ad- did you see the study that showed that the GOP are 3X’s more often guests on the Sunday shows? Murph – Yes, it’s disgusting. The Sunday shows are mostly propaganda delivery systems for the GOP. McCain is on a show almost every weekend. That’s good. I hope you are enjoying this debate, I’m so glued to my set, I’m finding it hard to concentrate on this live event. Bernie Sanders is doing a great job, I love the fact that he does not filibuster. monica – It’s hard to split the focus sometimes! Lame respons from Hillary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy3MtznDeqg Democrats who know their states? What could she possibly mean by that? They’re doing these extreme close ups now…makes them look bad. Why? He’s a very respectful debater don’t you think, Monica? The thing is that the Dem debates have REAL SUBSTANCE, something to chew on…..thus the difficulty in both viewing and commenting. I agree PPO. I believe she is having trouble believing the fact that young people are not that into her. Agreed, Murph. a real Debate Nobody in history has been vetted more than the Clintons. As much to the chagrin of those who were doing the “vetting.” Bullshit Todd. Oh, Chuck. Enough with the emails already. I do Kes, at first I was really upset that he would not jump in and speak over her like she does him, but now I actually enjoy watching him display manners and patience in such this situation. Chuck, you’re the one hanging the email issue over H Todd is a toad. His restraint is serving him well tonight. Chuck Todd is a republican, so you know he is going to have to get in the questions that his handlers have asked him to put before her. monica – It’s a tightrope for Hillary that personally I think she falls off of too much. That is, trying to attack Bernie without alienating his young supporters. She crosses the line by being disingenuous towards him and his younger supporters aren’t going to leave Bernie for her (unless she wins the nom, but not in the primary). Sarcasm, right Homie? Todd is an Obessive Compulsive matter for him….I really question his objectivity. Oops… I meant Bernie’s restraint, Homie. I should have said that. Todd is trying to sabotage the Dems, he’s a GOP activist. Todd really showing his colors. objectivity, can rarely, if not downright bias is Todd’s trick in trade. Todd is now question five in an effort to toss Kerosene on the fire ….. good relpy, bernie! Disappointed in Rachel, getting into minor campaign issues instead of talking about the big issues. I agree AdLib, in this age of technology Hillary should understand that younger people can fact check her within seconds, literally as she speaks. She needs to try to understand why these voters are not voting for her, and start trying to gain thier trust. I feas if she doesn’t, and if she wins the primary we are going to have less than 30% of eligible voters voting in the general. Ad….me too….. Rachel knows better, and could do a much better job than she is doing. Is she in Hillary’s camp. She doesn’t like it when Bernie displays magnanimity toward her, I think. It makes her look “weak” in her own eyes. I think Rachel is doing her job well. Hillary didn’t take the bait to look hypocritical, petty and ungrateful. Good for her. Beautiful , H!!! Monica….which would be a shame and precisely what the GOP hopes for….talked about shooting oneself in the foot, the knee, the hip, the gut and the heart….sadly the brain does not get a chance to engage. Good for you, Hillary. They both refused to mud-wrestle for the media. Now that was funny! She is KT, but I feel she could do it better if she wasn’t under the restraints of the new MSNBC Faux News station. monica – I don’t know who she supports but I’ll bet this is pandering to her MSNBC bosses who want conflict. Coming right after Todd’s attempt to get Bernie to attack Hillary on the emails, Rachel came out with this. Lame, lame, lame. Repubs may want a food fight, Dems want to see discussions about the real issues. Todd is one of the best/worst mud wrestlers. i think Rachel is just looking for the truth, as I see her usually doing. Poor Todd, Rachel and MSNBC, couldn’t push the Dems into a slap fight. And MSNBC wants ratings. We are going to have to do something about this bought and paid for system of government we have. BRB, coffee break The truth about what is the question KT i have an appointment at the VA next week. They take pretty good care of me. I don’t know what all these politicians are whining about. Not just me, either. millions of vets nationwide. monica – MSNBC is such a sewer of RW propaganda now. Just Rachel, Lawrence and Hayes are watchable, the majority of the day is CNN-like Repub propaganda. take your pick, Murph. Homie, I know four vets here locally who use VA services, and they have only good words for the folks in Ann Arbor, MI who care for them. The facilities are old, but very decent. KT…that has been my experience once folks are in the system AND if they do their part with paper work, appointment keeping, outside exercise, nutrition etc. When hasn’t she, would be a better question. Hillary is Progressive? She supports the death penalty, that is not Progressive and you can’t keep states from executing in a prejudicial way if you support it at all. There’s no excuse for a civilized nation still having the death penalty. Good to hear, KT. So is the rule that one has to be 100 percent progressive, policy by policy, to be a progressive? Is Hillary a DINO? AdLib, I have to admit I don’t watch MSNBC too much anymore, only when Rachel is going to do a special report on something. I just can’t stand to watch anymore. I enjoy Ed Shultz on RT, from time to time, but I generally get my news online these days from newspapers published all over the world. I’m going to miss AlJAM when they close their doors, I do watch them sometime. Or may a PINO? A lot of people think vets should get some sort of non-existent quality of care in America. Yes, so many politicos yammer on about how they deserve the best. The reality is, that only wealthy people get the best healthcare. That has to change. Well said Bernie, government shouldn’t kill its citizens because government can be corrupt. Excellent, Bernie. Monica…thanks for mentioning Al Jazeera….extraordinary, global, in depth coverage and Americans could not handle it. I can’t believe Hillary is still for the death penalty. Brings me back to my anti-war days, many, years ago. I’ve always believed that and always will. I totally opposed Capital Punishment in principle….courts are wrong all the time…there is no remedy post-execution for evidenciary discovery. Murph – Personally, I think Hillary is naturally a center right Dem. She’s tried to outmanuever Bernie by going far left but look at her policies up until the race and I think you’d see a center-right Dem. Not a sin, just not the same as a genuine Progressive. I agree Murph, they actually reported the news and not all of this reality tv BS that is being displayed on the rest of the News networks in this country. I think child rapists and killers should be killed. I don’t see it as a moral issue, but more as a public safety issue. In or out of prison, people can kill. Bill Clinton and his admin were center-right and Hillary seemed in sync with it up until this primary. I think that’s an accurate take, AdLib. Bill and Hillary are Eisenhower type Republicans basically. Ad…I find these efforts to define “genuine” Progressive, and “genuine” conservative a flytrap….set up to make policy by policy debate unlikely. Toss a can of paint and be done with it- effective tactic…but detrimental to the search for truth. Jeb! said Rick Snyder is doing a great job on Flint. Oh Jeb!, just ask your few supporters to clap, that’s what you do best. They are both correct on the disastrous behavior of the little dictator in Michigan. He needs to be arrested and thrown under the jail for what he has done to the people of Flint Michigan, and for what he is doing to the people of Detroit and Benton Harbor and so many other minority majority cities in Michigan. Anyone who thinks Snyder is/has been doing a good job should feel free to drink unfiltered Flint water for the next year or two. Murph – The word genuine does come up when it comes to Hillary, It’s not just me saying this, many in the country don’t know that she’s genuine about what she says. I believe Snyder should be sentenced to drinking, bathing in and utilizing that water for all of his water needs for the rest of his life. monica – I like that punishment for Snyder. What’s good for the goose…. I have friends in Michigan…who live in one of those communities where a disaster like Flint would never go unaddressed…..they are very direct in this…the entire “managers” structure is about getting blacks out of any power position unless they belong to the power brokers. Ad….this sounds like discussions of Obama….let’s move on. Good answer Bernie, and nice cover up Hillary. She understood every part of the TPP when she was supporting it. She didn’t stop supporting it until she started running for the office of president. The TPP is now signed, so what do they think now? No one asking Murph – Yep, that’s so sadly obvious. White Repubs dominating and taking away the rights of minorities. That’s part of their platform, isn’t it. We would be up the financial creek without international trade. My question is, how do you actually make it more fair. We need details Bernie. Bernies PPP argument is very strong…..the problem…how does one have a global economy without the kind of inequity he is speaking of. That guy — “Earley” I think is his name — who was plugged into the Flint emergency manager role went on to become the manager for Detroit Public Schools. Snyder’s pit bull. Exactly Murph! Enough stats, more solutions. OK? The worst thing the TPP gives is veto ability to Big Corporations on GOVERMENTS to regulate their Profiteering prices? KT – But has any global trade deal ever resulted in higher wages for Americans? It needs to be managed differently, still negotiating deals but as Bernie said, not so that the primary benficiaries are global corporations. Kes…and now the GOP in the House and Senate are working very hard to keep the MI GOP out of the spotlight. I lived in Michigan for about 21 years, and saw up close and personal some of the dastardly deeds the wealthy on the left side of the state do to the minorities on the right side of the state. What a horrible situation for those the people of Michigan. TPP makes me nervous because it seems to ding American sovereignty. When there’s a conflict between US law and the TPP agreement, the international regulations prevail. Murph, the GOP is spinning Flint as a “failure of government.” It’s not a failure of government in general. It’s a failure of GOP government. Interesting the 2 views, US and the rest of the world. The TPP in effect creates an entity that will evenutally be outside the laws of the governments where they do business. PPO – That’s the huge problem I have with the TPP. Corporations will be able to go to an international court to overule the laws of soverign nations if their laws cause them to make less money. That is sick. Exactly, Monica my question Ad, is HOW do we bring that about? This is something that all politicians are guilty of, and it’s nothing new at all. Point out the problem, but never really offer a solution. monica – That must’ve been a sad education in racism and inhumanity. And once you propose a solution. how do you get congress to go along with it? Absolutely Kes, it gives them the opportunity to avoid our courts, unless we are willing to spend a gazillion dollars to fight whatever settlement the arbitration panel gives them. Either way we lose. Kes…absolutely…. KT – No easy answers but negotiating trade deals that don’t allow corps to sue to get rid of US law would have been easy to oppose. Well, folks, how do we think both sides are doing? I give a small lead to Hillary Sad but informative AdLib, I call it my politics 101 class that was actually lived rather than studied. Chuck loves to asks questions that have HIS agenda woven throughout….Hillary dismissed it! I think I’d call it a tie at this point, PPO. Much as I’d love to award the win to Bernie… LOL! PPO – I think it’s pretty even. If that’s the case, nothing to change the dynamics of the race. Either one would be a better president than anyone on the GOP side of the fence. agreed, if that’s what TPP would actually do. I agree Kes, I’d call it a tie. Oh yes! Murph, you are SO right! Murph – True, Todd wanted to setup Dems as single issue. Iused to say, decades ago, that America should have two executives. One for domestic issues, and one for foreign issues. What do ya think, eh? Todd acts as if Presidents can’t get more than one thing done at a time….. Good luck with that agenda and this Congress, Hillary. That’s true Murph, the democrats are blessed with two candidates who would be decidedly better than any of the 17 or more candidates the republicans have offered. Murph, that’s because Todd is the King of binary thinking. KT – Interesting idea but two elections might make my head explode! True dat, Ad. Whew! KT…good way of putting it….simplistic at best, manipulative at worset Kes – Yep, Hillary just delivered her stump speech laundry list but good stuff on it. Right, nothing bad on the list. But where is her magic wand to reform Congress? Would that give us a military leader and something else KT? Oh yeah Bernie! Mitch should be tarred and feathered. Seriously. Kes….both are into magic thinking here….the Senate may return to Blue but the House is Red for a generation. Ooops. I think Rachel can be very cute at times. I don’t mean sexually. Just as a person. Kes – My real problem out of all Hillary said was that she basically proposed that taking money from Wall Street, corps, wealthy people is fine for politicians. Bernie’s stand on Citizens United is important. Right – -neither of them will have an easy time of it with Congress. Kes, Bernie would IMHO be able to do a much better job of reforming congress than Hillary ever would. Hillary has too many republican enemies, politicians that don’t like her or her husband. It would be an uphill climb for her, worse than the lift President Obama has faced. AdLib, I hope Americans can make the connection of getting rid of Citizens United and being able to move forward. It’s a bit complex for a lot of voters. Right homie. I wish these candidates (besides Bernie) would teach Americans who may have forgotten, that a president is not a king. Totally got buried on Twitter with this debate. Great to see a good turnout. funksands Monica, I respectfully disagree. I think bernie would be a naif, despite all his experience. Monica, that’s a very interesting take! I hadn’t thought of it in those terms. Monica…the GOP is incapable of cooperating because cooperation is contrary to the will of their sponsors/masters. Good dodge Hillary! bINGO Murph. The House Rep that got the most amendments passed during the GOP Congress of 1994-2006 was Bernie Sanders. Murph – Bernie is trying to provide a vision but no, it can’t happen in the near term but he can promote the sensibility so it could happen in the future. Incremental change, shoot for the moon and be happy with whatever comes. Very good ending for those two…..very good…..Hillary bringing Bernie into her camp and Bernie making it clear how good he thinks they both are. Ad…very good way of shaping it. Bernie Sanders has worked well with democrats and republicans over the years PPO, I don’t see any reason why he shouldn’t be able to continue those relationships. Hey Funk! Both candidates did a very good job tonight. A little rocky early, but they smoothed it out. i don’t think that was a dodge, PPO. That was actually pretty practical. That’s one thing I like about Hillary. She is nothing, if not pragmatic. Excellent, Bernie, Well done. Agreed, another tie, both did fine! Yep, Hillary would make a great VP. Hey, funk! Funkster…it has been quite a debate tonight on the telly and her on the web. i have not been persuaded either way. I like them both! And the next debate will have a Trump in it. Sure has. A lot of real meat to consume. I really enjoyed it. There was 30 minutes there that was the best debate I think I’ve seen in years. Too late to pitch to the college kids tonight, Hillary! Ad….we almost went the entire evening without the T-Word. You had to remind us. How about Rand Paul dropping out. I didn’t expect that. Eeeew, what’s that smell, Ad? Oh yeah, it’s the mention of Trump! Funny how Bernie may be idealistic but he speaks in a way that’s very grounded. Bernie better step up his foreign policy game soon. Just because you are on the right side of the issues doesn’t mean you can’t bring your A game Monica…Paul is facing an uphill battle in KY to hold on to his seat…he had to clear the decks Just trying to put a bit of perspective with this excellent debate vs. the GOP hate and fear fest. Bernie has been in government long enough to know wether or not his ideas or pie in the sky. I believe he can get the majority of what he is proposing done. But funkie, what could Bernie have said that he didn’t? A lot of the foreign policy questions were hypotheticals… Bernie is definitely more humble, genuinely, than Hillary is. Unfortunately, humility is no longer much of a consideration in America, today. Sad, really. Murph, after his poor showing in this primary he just might join his dad on the sidelines. Monica, I don’t, but that’s the very reason to push hard for big change. Ask for very little and you’ll get nothing. Ask for the moon and you might get a little. monica, Santorum did quit too! And always gracious, KT. Another lost quality in American politics. Santorum quit a long time ago, he just didn’t know it. I agree funksands, and it appears Hillary isn’t asking for anything, it appears she is satisfied with the status quo. Yes Ad, I read that too. Now that was really a surprise, no more free money…what is he going to do now? Sell sweater vest? Kes, its simply not his wheelhouse. Comparatively he looks lost next to Hillary (anyone would). He’s got the right platform and views, but he just isn’t as confident on this topic monica – The problem with a pragmatic, incremental platform as Hillary has, is it’s not inspiring. Monica she is campaigning on taking over the walls and trenches against the Huns for another 4 years. I want to attack. Ad, but what approach will get the job done? Indeed Homie. Indeed. I do think our president has shown more grace, under pressure than almost any president before him. I say this because of all the racial snottiness and vitriol, constantly directed at him, and the man just smiles it away. I honestly don’t know how he does it. It is extremely rare and valuable in us humans. AdLib, with the electorate we have today, a non inspiring message is only going to cause voter apathy. We’ll have a really small turnout being pragmatic, and that gives the republicans and opportunity. Funk – What you get with Bernie oon foreign affairs is some experience and good instincts. He’s rarely been on the wrong side of a vote when you look back. Hillary is very sharp about foreign affairs but she does have lapses of judgment IMO. Obama’s greatest gift to America is that when faced with unrelenting obstructionism, he didn’t cave, didn’t crumble, he dug a trench and hung on. That took tremendous self-control and self-assurance to do that. But now we need to counter-attack i couldn’t do it. I have little talent for diplomacy at times. funksands, I don’t believe she is even going that far. I believe she will allow the lobbyist to quiet the beast on the other side of the aisle. Of course that will require her to step back and sede control of the government. To the barricades, funk! And I’m with you! When Bernie says “political revolution” he’s not kidding. Ad, perfectly said. Hillary knows so much, but that didn’t keep her from making the same mistake she made re: Iraq in Libya. Once? Forgiven. Twice? You have established your pattern. Funk, we just need to lay siege to the GOP and let them cannibalize themselves. Pink, you got it. Funk…great comment on Obama’s greatest gift. PPO – Neither Hillary nor Bernie will get anything meaningful past the Repub house so that line by Hillary about him not being realistic really applies to her too. My proposition is that a Pres with a greater vision for the future can help change the course of the country, the mindset of the public, towards those goals. And for all her foreign policy savvy Hillary talks about a no-fly zone over Syria. Is she really ready to shoot down a Russian plane? Lapses of judgement, I like that AdLib…. Well, Kes, the Turks had no problems Murph, he was a 1 man Star Wars against the most toxic GOP ever. He deserves tremendous credit for it. True, PPO. I have a feeling that’s not going to work out so well for them… Bernie is dead serious about a political revolution. Nothing romantic about it. He’s dead serious, because that’s the only non-violent way to enact real change. Bernie is no stranger to the teachings of Thorough and Ghandi. Not to mention a few 60’s motivators. KT I sure hope so. Thoreau, not thorough. Oops. Damn Cabernet! Well, I’ve gotta go. I think it was a draw, but what a telling contrast to the spin points and bombast of the GOP. A credit to both candidates and a poke in the eye to Chuck Todd Hey funk!, when did you slip in? I agree with your assessment of what Obama has done funksands, I don’t believe I could have held my temper under such difficult circumstances. Right, KT. People talk about Bernie as being a “radical,” but he’s not. Because he want this revolution to be non-violent and to be accomplished by using the system. Kes – Yes, the No-Fly zone is oone of those lapses in judgment, it would put us in a position where a real terrible incident could happen that is dangerous. The chance of shooting down a Russian plane? Why take such a huge risk? Excellent pont kes. Exactly, AdLib! Ad, you are spot on about Bernie on FP. His instincts and judgement are good. He just needs to polish his game a bit. He’s impossible to drag off-message on domestic issues. He needs to get closer to that on foreign policy Good night PPO! I think Bernie is nervous to tell an America that is really fearful about terrorism what he’d REALLY do with the Empire if elected. KT – We shouldn’t be afraid of overhauling a system that is corrupt. So call it a revolution or a repair, it needs major fixin’! Kes, spot on Ad, or it may help avoid an accidental tragedy that could be blown out of proportion. Our relations with Putin are the best of possibilities just now. DWS just lied about what Hillary said, claimed she supports breaking up the banks just like Bernie. BS! I agree funksands, I believe Bernie will get better as time goes on. I just hope he gets up to speed before it is too late. I have no doubt, ad. Maybe we should call it a “remodel” rather than a “revolution” Well, kids, the son has texted from Radical Madison to compare notes on the debate, so I’ll sign off for now. This has been fun! Catch y’all later? Oh no funk. We need to call it what it is. Screw any language that would blur this fact. Kes, tell your son Solidarity™ for me, and good night I agree AdLib, if we don’t do something about the coup imposed by the billionaire class on this nation, we might as well just stay home and allow them to make all the decisions for us. Kes – Let us know what they thought! Seeya! Like the trademark, Funk! Just for the more sensitive of us KT, like Andrea Mitchell and Chris Matthews Debbie WS is so bad at her job. I’m really really afraid that we are going to get our clocks cleaned in the House this year. I see us losing 20 more seats based on current trends. Right with you monica. Pretty inspiring to hear a young voter today asked why he would vote for a socialist (on MSNBC of course) and he replied that he dislikes capitalism more than socialism because of how corrupt and oppressive it has become. More and more people thinking like that, we could fix the system. I have enjoyed the conversation, sweet dreams! No, too many hyper-sensitive people in this country as it is. I’m serious. I dislike any labguage that”softens,” the truth. PC language has really helped get us in the brain dead situation we’re in, speaking nationally. Glad you made it monica! Sleep well! Night Monica I like that KT You’ve convinced me. you can thank Mr. George Carlin. He said it before anyone I know of. Does anyone really think Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz or Donald Trump could be in a debate with either Hillary or Bernie and come off well? Ad, I almost want Hillary to win just so I can see her unhinge her jaw and swallow that lightweight Rubio whole. Well Ad, they’ll cetainly try, believing their own bullshit. But no, there’s really no contest. The MSM and desperate Repubs tout Rubio but in a face off in a GE debate with Bernie or Hillary, he would look like a little, immature robot. Bernie will be the same regardless, but Hillary would eat them alive. Funk – Great imagery! She relishes the idea of mixing up with a Republican. Really relishes it. Bernie wouldn’t hold back against a Repub. Which I really like about her. Great adjective for Rubio. Lightweight.. If he is the best the GOP has to offer, then they truly are in a death spiral. I’m not worried about Bernie. Hillary just has a skill for the format, that’s all. I think both would love to face off with the Repub in a debate. Like shooting racist fish in a barrel. Bernie has years of angst against the republican that will support his fire. And rightly so. If Trump gets the nom and Bernie does, some Repubs will move over to Bernie. I love it when I hear praise for Rubio here…and then I ask about his experience…..which usually ends up with my citing Obama and GOP objections… Ad, for sure. Murph – B-but Rubio did a lot…he…uh…voted to kill Obamacare dozens of times…unsuccessfully! I’m really astonished how many reactionary conservatives consider Rubio too liberal, when he was swept in on the tea-party wave. Ad, I too believe that. I’ve already seen some comments by republicans, life long republicans, that say they would never vote for any of these present GOPer clowns. That’s very encouraging. Ad……ah, I forgot…never mind…a real American hero. Oh, was he there for anything else…vote wise? Remember, Hillary, DWS and the DNC didn’t want this debate until it became a tight race. Just glad it happened. The debate makes them both better. Me too. Best of the year so far. O’Malley’s absence made it so much better Funk – Rubio wants women to die in childbirth! And going to war in Syria and Iran. How do you get elected President on that. After tonight, how can anybody who’s “on the fence,” not see the tremenous difference in the quality of debate between the GOPers and the dems. Ad, I think you get elected by more conservatives showing up to vote than anyone else. But you are right, it’s nearly impossible. Well fellow peeps, take care everyone, and may you stay, forever young. KT, I have a deep distrust of people that ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE about the issues stilll being on the fence. Low-information voters I get, but not people that have been paying attention. You know. Night KT Night KT! Well….good night….I am at a meeting tomorrow evening and not likely to see you unless you run late. So…the best to all…got my dose of Vox this week….whoooo hoooooo! Night Murph, hope it goes well! Night Funk! Democratic Party GOTV……for my county….I am on the steering committee. How are things looking there Murph? Our focus is on the governor’s race here…the county is blood red…so all of our Assembly reps/senators are GOP…..but there are some reasonable ones who are going to be primary challenging because the State House has become completely inept. We will work at those too. Murph, what about the local races? Any cracks in the armor? county commissioner? city councils? board of ed? Funk……red, red, red, red….BUT again…the right wing crazies are driving everyone else crazy now so there is room to work with moderate GOP who do exist on the local level…. That’s something I guess. In Mo….Blue applies only to the urban areas and we do not have much have that. Well it sounds like you are being practical about it. Pick your battles. Well….I need to get some zzzzzzzzz’s. Me too! Night guys! Have a great weekend! Funk…precisely….. Wait, tomorrow is Friday isn’t it? 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__label__cc	0.71367	0.28633	Remove Kuwait filter Kuwait Remove United Arab Emirates filter United Arab Emirates (EFA Report (Kuwait)) Available in Arabic The Millennium Development Goals progress report 2010 Kuwait: national report. 48th session of the International Conference on Education, ICE: "Inclusive Education: The Way of the Future", Geneva, 25-28 November 2008 Available in English and Arabic The National Mid-decade report on Education For All in the State of Kuwait (2002/2003 - 2005/2006) Kuwait: country Report on the Millennium Development Goals: achievements and challenges L'Evaluation de l'Education pour Tous - Bilan à l'an 2000 - Rapport des pays - Koweit United Nations Common Strategic Framework for the United Arab Emirates 2016-2021: supporting equitable and sustainable development to further UAE ambitions as a global leader (revised version) (Education for All 2015 national review : 2000-2015 for United Arab Emirates) Government strategy 2011-2013: highlights of the UAE: putting citizens first: an accountable, lean, innovative, and forward-looking government [Chapter "First-rate education systemn education p.10] Strategic plan 2008 - 2012 (reviewed and revised 2010) The Ministry of Education strategy 2010-2020: aiming in accomplishing a score of 10/10 in all of its initiatives Ministry Strategic Plan 2008-2010: executive summary [Arabic] Educating the next generation of Emiratis: a master plan for UAE higher education [Arabic] Millennium Development Goals: United Arab Emirates Report: second report Dubai inclusive education policy framework Report on Millennium Development Goals EFA 2000 Assessment - Country Report - United Arab Emirates	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4368
__label__wiki	0.658272	0.658272	Quarterdeck Seafoods Fresh and Frozen Fish Wholesale Maynard Fresh Fish Market Traveling Raw Bar The Basile brothers opened the Quarterdeck in Maynard in 1981. But they were fishing and selling fish even earlier. John was a commercial fisherman for 20 years, with his own fishing boat and a home base of Scituate. Early on, brother Frank fished with John. When Chris was in school, John would leave a box of cod on the wharf in Scituate. Chris would filet it and sell to tourists. Later, Chris and brother Peter opened a convenience store in Waltham with a bakery and deli. After six months, John and Frank started supplying fish to the store. The fish was so fresh, it sold like hotcakes. The brothers decided to concentrate on selling fish. In 1978, the brothers bought the building in Maynard. Over the next two years, they completely renovated the building. Meanwhile Chris and Frank gained valuable experience by working at Legal Seafoods in Chestnut Hill. Frank did buying and Chris helped manage the take out and market. When the Quarterdeck opened in 1981, brothers Chris, Frank, Steve, and John ran the fish market. John operated his fishing and lobster boat and supplied the Quarterdeck with his daily catch. Gradually the takeout business expanded include some tables and seating. The brothers added on to the building in 1988. Now it houses the fish market, restaurant, and catering business. In 1999, Chris Basile bought out his brothers’ share and became the sole owner of the business. Chris is now in charge of purchasing and working with Whole Sale accounts. He has hired a capable staff to work on the front lines in the market and keep the tradition going. Chris has since sold the restaurant to focus on his passion of delivering the freshest and finest fish to his fellow New Englanders. Fish Market Wholesale Contact Us Open Monday – Saturday 9AM – 9 PM Copyright © 2019 · Quarterdeck Seafoods · 175 Main Street Maynard, MA 01754 · Powered by ThriveHive	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4372
__label__cc	0.566607	0.433393	Signed Copy of "We Are Everywhere" We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation, signed by authors Matthew Riemer & Leighton Brown. U.S. shipping only (contact us if interested in international shipping). Personalized Copy of "We Are Everywhere" We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation, signed with a personalized message of your choice.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4373
__label__wiki	0.782927	0.782927	Kirit Somaiya Mumbai-North-East Name of Committee 18-Jan-18 Labour To hear the views of the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on the memoranda received by the Committee regarding suggestions on the Code on Wages Bill, 2017. 30-Nov-17 Labour To take evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of Labour and Employment and External Affairs on the subject `Overseas Employment of Women Workers including Nurses and Maids, issues and Regulatory Framework` i. Consideration and adoption of following draft Reports on: (i) Land Assets Management in NTC; (ii) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations of the Committee contained in their 24th Report on Demands for Grants (2017-18) of the Ministry of Textiles; and (iii) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations of the Committee contained in their 25th Report on Demands for Grants (2017-18) of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. II. Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship on the subject `ITIs and Skill Development Initiative Scheme`. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Labour & Employment on `Status and Welfare Measures for Workers employed by the Agencies/Companies providing outsourced services.` ii. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Textiles on the subject `Review of performance of Marketing Agencies of Handloom and Handicraft`. 12-Oct-17 Labour i. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and EPFO on the subject `Regulatory framework of the EPFO on the Excluded category vis-a-vis Implementation of various PF Acts` ii. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, EPFO and ESIC on the subject `Compliance with the prescribed provisions of deduction and deposit of PF and ESI by the Employers`. Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects by the Standing Committee on Labour for examination during the year 2017-18. 31-Aug-17 Labour Briefing by the representatives of the Ministries of Labour & Employment and External Affairs on the subject `Overseas Employment of Women workers including Nurses and maids, issues and Regulatory Framework`. 13-Jul-17 Labour Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Textiles on the subject `Status, Performance and Challenges before Indian Textile Industry`. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministries of Civil Aviation and Labour & Employment on the subject Deployment of Contract/ Casual Workers/Sanitation Workers for perennial nature of jobs in Airport Authority of India, Air India, etc. 30-Jun-17 Labour Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on the subject `ITIs and Skill Development Initiative Scheme`. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Power, Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, National Thermal Power Corporation and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited on the subject Development of Contract/ Casual/ Sanitation workers for perennial nature of jobs in REC, NTPC and PGCIL. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Power, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) on `Deployment of Contract/Casual/Sanitation Workers for perennial nature of jobs in REC, NTPC and PGCIL`. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on the subject `ITIs and Skill Development Initiative Scheme`. 31-May-17 Labour Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Textiles and National Textile Corporation (NTC) on the subject `Land Assets Management in National Textile Corporation(NTC)`. 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Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Textiles on the subject `Status, Performance & Challenges before Indian Textiles Industry`. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Textiles on `i. Status, Performance & Challenges before Indian Textile Industry; ii. Presentation on Powerloom Sector; iii. Status of Coverage of Bhiwandi Powerloom Sector Workers under the EPF Scheme. Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Shipping and EPFO on the subject `Implementation of Labour Laws, Social Security, Direct Bank Payment of wages to Contract Labour` 14-Dec-16 Labour Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on the subject `Investment of Corpus of EPFO in Exchange Trade Fund (ETF) and disbursement of dividend and PF Pension to the beneficiaries`. 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__label__wiki	0.795607	0.795607	JLo’s Daughter Blew People Away With Her Alicia Keys Cover By Eduardo Cepeda \| 2 months ago Jennifer Lopez’s daughter could be ready for her own successful recording career soon. The 11-year-old, Emme Maribel Muñiz – whose father, Marc Anthony just released his latest album, Opus on Friday – belted out a rendition of Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You” during her mother’s rehearsal for the first live performance of her single “Medicine.” JLo dropped the Youtube clip over the weekend, to the delight of people on the internet, who had quite a bit to say about Muñiz’s skills. OMG! @JLo’s daughter, Emme sings really good. Here she sings @aliciakeys’s If I Ain't Got You. I’m a fan already. pic.twitter.com/6tZz6jOifM — Patreeya (@Patreeya_4) May 11, 2019 Marc Anthony and JLo gave their daughter, Emme, all their vocals! pic.twitter.com/4dBOHaTOuI — KAM (@kaliklass_21) May 13, 2019 What do you think of her singing skills? alicia keys, jlo, pop. Monday, May 13, 2019 at 3:10 PM EDT May 14, 2019 by Eduardo Cepeda If JLo Had Listened to Her 2000 Grammys Stylist, We Might Not Have Google Images JLo's Dating Advice: Find Yourself a Man Over 33 With 'Second Act,' JLo Wants to Help Women Overcome Impostor Syndrome The Most 90s Moments From JLo's "If You Had My Love" Video With New Album 'Vibras,' J Balvin is Here to Transcend the Global Pop Paradigm Audri Nix Links With Lil Yachty & C.Tangana Producers for Sleek New Track "Complicado" UP NEXT: If JLo Had Listened to Her 2000 Grammys Stylist, We Might Not Have Google Images	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4387
__label__cc	0.53876	0.46124	Health & Wellness By GEORGINA SAFE February 12, 2019 Maison Sisley is a slice of spa heaven in Paris The first thing that catches my eye when I walk into the Maison Sisley spa in Paris is not the exquisitely packaged lotions and potions scattered on countertops like so many petits bonbons, nor the glittering bottles of fragrance that line the shelves. It’s the giant zebra and pair of preening pea hens that grace a plump sofa and pair of chairs that have been hand-painted by the Polish artist Krystyna Radziwill to add a sense of whimsy and warmth to the reception area.Moving into the lounge, I sink into India Mahdavi’s Jetlag couch. The strikingly contemporary and colourful Moon chandelier by Dimore Studio in Milan hangs above a handwoven Indian floor rug, lush potted plants and a rotating collection of contemporary art. It feels more like a chic but cosy home than a beauty parlour – and that’s because, in a way, it is. Countess Isabelle d’Ornano, the matriarch and co-owner of Sisley, the French luxury skincare brand she built with her late husband, Count Hubert d’Ornano and now runs with their children, has personally furnished the space at 5 Avenue de Friedland (8th Arr.). It has been lavishly decorated with items from her own home and impressive art collection that runs from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Chris Ofili and Marc Quinn.That home, on the Quai d’Orsay on the Left Bank in Paris, had been fitted out by Henri Samuel (a favourite of Rothschilds and Vanderbilts). Countess d’Ornano, descended from Poland’s Queen Barbara Radziwill, has brought the same eclectic aesthetic to the Sisley spa just across the Seine, which she has decorated with her daughter Christine d’Ornano, who is Sisley’s global vice president. “We wanted it to feel like a home and to be warm and welcoming,” says Christine d’Ornano. “We have filled it with objects we love, some of them belonging to my mother, and called upon artists we like to design special pieces for it. It is luxurious and comfortable at the same time.” Luxury and comfort also infuse the five treatment rooms, where one can stare at the gently pulsing LED-lit ceilings depicting ginkgo biloba leaves (one of the hero ingredients in Sisley products), cossetted by walls covered with pastel Italian mosaics and silvery ‘Cells’ wallpaper created in 1874 by Atelier d’Offard in Tours. As for the treatments themselves, they feature an exceptional level of customer service. Countess Isabelle d’Ornano and Christine d’Ornano Where most therapists begin by handing you a form to fill in, my Sisley therapist asks the obligatory questions – “How is your skin feeling?”, “Do you have any allergies?” – while completing it for me. She asks me to select from three types of music (classical, relaxing or jazz) and to choose a Sisley candle to burn during my treatment. I opt for relaxing music and a rose fragrance, and inform her that I’ve just stepped off a long-haul flight. She recommends the City-Dwellers Treatment, a customisable face and body treatment designed for maximum benefits in minimum time, which in my case is one hour. Like all the treatments, mine incorporates Sisley products based on the principle of “phyto-cosmetology”, which relates to using botanical extracts and essential oils to create beauty products. Natural plant extracts infuse every product in the Sisley range, which is probably why they smell so heavenly, and best-sellers include the Émulsion Écologique, Crème Réparatrice and the Black Rose line of products, which enjoys a cult following around the world. My treatment begins with a deep cleanse before a mini facial employing a rich masque, facial oil and a deeply hydrating day cream to return moisture to my parched visage, before a decadent head, shoulder and body massage irons out the kinks from the journey. The City-Dwellers treatment is one of four Paris Exclusives experiences unique to the Maison Sisley (treatments using Sisley products are offered in other spas around the world), and the Paris spa also offers an assortment of face and body treatments, a makeup service, and naturopathy and wellness consultations.“We wanted a space in Paris that would embody the brand and immerse our customers in our universe,” Christine d’Ornano explains.Maison Sisley is the latest evolution for the brand founded in 1976 that has developed into a global beauty empire. Sisley’s annual sales now exceed €750 million from skin and body care, fragrance and makeup lines – and it remains a family-owned company. “It gives us great freedom to make the products we want to make and to take our time, to work closely with our scientists and to launch only what we feel is best,” d’Ornano says. “My father together with my mother created the brand, my brother now runs it and I work alongside him. We all bring different attributes to the business and it is a wonderful adventure to work together.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4391
__label__cc	0.718639	0.281361	With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility 4.7 (оценок: 3,453) \| Зарегистрировано учащихся: 32K Курс 1 из 5 — Сертификация специалиста по ИТ-поддержке Google Специализация What is System Administration? Welcome to the System Administration course of the IT Support Professional Certificate! In the first week of this course, we will cover the basics of system administration. We'll cover organizational policies, IT infrastructure services, user and hardware provisioning, routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and managing potential issues. By the end of this module, you will understand the roles and responsibilities of a System Administrator. So let's get started! With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility3:51 Never Test in Production2:53 Assessing Risk2:02 Fixing Things the Right Way2:23 Выбор языкаАнглийскийАрабскийИспанскийПортугальский (бразильский) When you have administrative rights for something, whether it's one machine, a fleet of 100 machines, or a cloud service with thousands of users, you need to be careful that you use these rights responsibility. The most important thing is to avoid using administrator rights for tasks that don't require them. For example, you shouldn't browse the web as an administrator user. Try to minimize the time spent in an administrative session. Do whatever you need to do, and once you're done close the session. In Linux systems, we usually use the pseudo command to execute commands as an administrator. When you execute pseudo for the first time in a machine, you get a message like this. These principles apply to any administrator rights regardless of the operating system or service you're in charge of. Let's take a deeper dive into what this all means. Respect the privacy of others. Don't use your administrator rights to access private information that you have no business accessing. Having file system access to the information stored in a user's home directory doesn't mean you should be looking at their personal files. Being an administrator of an email server doesn't mean you should read someone else's email. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Even if you have a business reason to access a certain piece of information, make sure you follow the appropriate process or policies to access it. You shouldn't use your administrator rights to bypass any rules. Think before you type. When you use your administrator rights, your actions can have much greater consequences than you when you're acting as a normal user. Think through what you're doing and don't rush. Mistakes like deleting the wrong set of files, rebooting the wrong machine, or breaking the connection that you're using to manage a remote machine can all happen if you're not careful. You can train yourself to do this by writing out the steps you plan to take before doing them. This helps in two ways. It allows you to plan ahead and serves as documentation of what you did. Documenting what you did is crucial when using administrator rights. Listing the commands you executed let's you repeat the same exact process in the future and fix any problems that may come up later. In Linux, there's a command called script. We can use it to record a group of commands as they're being issued along their output. In Windows Power-Shell, there's an equivalent command called Start-Transcript. The output of these tools is useful for automating procedures. Similarly, we can use the recordMyDesktop tool to record the interaction with the graphical application. We put information about these tools in the next supplemental reading. The last of the pseudo-command principle is, with great power comes great responsibility. It's a little cheeky but the point is serious. The more you can do with your administrator rights, the more you can mess up. You can minimize the impact of any mistake, and some mistakes are inevitable, by making sure you can quickly revert your changes if something goes wrong. You can do this by making a copy of the state before changing it. By keeping your configuration in a version control system or by documenting what steps you needed to take in order to go back to the previous state. Reverting to the previous state is called a rollback. Some commands are easy to roll back than others. For example, if you change a configuration setting from true to false, the rollback is to set it back to true. But if you're deleting a file in a way that it doesn't keep a backup copy, the rollback could be tough or even impossible. So, before you make a change, take a moment to think about what all that would look like and make sure you have copies of any information that could be lost.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4396
__label__wiki	0.747891	0.747891	PIPS Constitution & Bylaws PIPS Policy Handbook Afterthought: What Proportional Representation Means for B.C. Overhauling the electoral system will likely bring sweeping changes to the province’s political landscape Columns / September 11, 2018 by Braden Klassen The political make-up of the B.C. government may drastically change if proportional representation is implemented. (Braden Klassen) On Oct. 22, eligible B.C. voters will receive voting packages that will allow them to determine whether the province will drop its current electoral system—first-past-the-post—and adopt a new system of proportional representation. This is the province’s third attempt at electoral reform, following similar referendums posed in 2005 and 2009, both of which failed to pass. Though the specifics of implementing PR are a little complex, the idea behind it is very simple: voters should have more individual agency to choose who represents them in government. FPTP sometimes works against this, granting parties power disproportionate to the number of votes they received, and failing to represent the views of voters because of where they live. A major argument against PR is that it increases the chances of creating minority governments that need to form coalitions to be effective, which slows down the processes of passing legislation. That’s probably true, but FPTP isn’t especially effective at preventing minority governments either. FPTP has resulted in 13 minority governments over the course of Canadian history, including three consecutive minority governments which lasted from 2004 until 2011. B.C.’s current government is an example of a productive minority that works despite political disagreements, and John Horgan’s support of PR signifies that the NDP is willing to continue working with the Green Party in the future. The amount of power given to the Greens provides the strongest example of how FPTP can work against similarly-minded voters spread across a large area. In the 2017 election, the Greens received about 332,000 votes, representing 16.8 per cent of B.C. voters. However, because Green voters are more geographically spread out than Liberal or NDP voters, they only ended up with three seats in government out of a total 87. This means that because of FPTP, 16.8 per cent of voters in this province are only represented by 3.4 per cent of MLAs. Those three seats represent a little over 41,000 people, meaning that, if 290,000 voters across the province had thrown their votes into the garbage instead of a ballot box, the election outcome would still be the same. Because of FPTP, the voices of 290,000 people were completely ignored. Smaller parties like the Libertarians and Conservatives, as well as independent candidates, would also have a much stronger chance of being elected. This would diversify the options for voters who are disillusioned with the larger parties. While outspoken critics of PR like Bill Tieleman argue that it would open up the possibilities for extremist parties to gain power, taking a look at B.C.’s political climate suggests otherwise. The Libertarian, Conservative, and Christian Heritage parties of B.C. were the only other parties that received more than 1,000 votes each in the last election—a drop in the bucket compared to the Liberal and NDP parties, which received almost 1.6 million votes combined. If you have strong feelings about B.C.’s voting system and how it defines our democracy, consider participating in the upcoming referendum from Oct. 22 to Nov. 30. It has the potential to make lasting changes to B.C. politics. Essay Writing Services Don’t Make the Grade KSA Supports CFS Ontario Provincial Court Challenge International Students at KPU Speak Out Against Work Hour Limits How to Respond to Hate in the Digital Age KPU Announces Plans to Reduce Course Offerings, Increase Class Sizes Efforts to Preserve Indigenous Languages are Growing in Canada Vancouver is Quickly Losing its Music Spaces Advocates at KPU Help Reduce Surrey Gang Violence KPU Opens Fifth Campus in Surrey Centre Tweets by @Runnermag Follow @Runnermag The Runner is Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s student newspaper. It has served the KPU community as a freely-distributed, year-round news and culture publication since 2009. Arbutus Building, 3710/3720 12666 72 Ave. (Surrey Campus) Surrey, BC, V3W 2M8 Editor in Chief / Aly Laube editor@runnermag.ca Web Manager / Alex Rodriguez web@runnermag.ca Managing Editor / Connor Doyle managing@runnermag.ca Operations Manager / Scott Boux office@runnermag.ca © 2019 The Runner Privacy Policy / Advertise With Us // Track blockers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4398
__label__wiki	0.897109	0.897109	Improved suspension bracket for fixing wall cabinet to wall A47B95/00 - Fittings for furniture SUBSTANCE: bracket contains a metal base, lever, mounted and hinged on the base and has a hook, first and second adjustment gears, flange, executed as a single unit with a base and has a fastening element for fixing suspension bracket to the wall cabinet. The fastening element contains a shear-resistant element that cooperates with the dowel of the suspension bracket for attachment to the side panel of the cabinet. The dowel is mounted on a bushing protruding from the flange, with the provision of placing the bushing inside the dowel. There are means of mutual fixing of the bushing and dowel, with the help of which they form a single whole. The dowel is a pin, designed to be pressed into the corresponding hole made in the side panel of the wall cabinet. The bushing is integrally formed with the flange, and the pin is a resilient plastic pin having a sawtooth part and a smooth part. The dowel has an inner end seat in which the bushing is mounted, with the smooth part being located along the bushing. EFFECT: increased resistance to shear. Detachment prevention device for wall-mounted cabinets // 2520001 SUBSTANCE: invention relates to detachment prevention devices for wall-mounted cabinets. A detachment prevention device for a wall-mounted cabinet that is suspended on a support fixed on a wall by means of a hook and a cabinet retention device. Between the above hook and the support there are detachment devices of a reversible type, which are made in the form of an element screwed in the above hook and intended to interact with the above support, or in the form of a locking device connected to the above support and intended to interact with the hook or in the form of a device connected to the above support and intended to interact with the hook by means of an elastically deformable plate connected to the above support and intended to interact with the hook or in the form of reversible catching devices located on the hook and the support respectively. EFFECT: reduction of probable detachment of a wall-mounted cabinet. Fittings // 2512872 SUBSTANCE: invention relates to fittings (10), in particular, to fittings for installation of wall cabinets, comprising a mounting plate (11) with a groove (14), in which an eccentric disc (20, 20', 20'') is installed, with an opening (23, 23') for passage of a screw (40). Besides, there are two angular fittings (101, 201), in particular, for installation of wall furniture, composite fittings (301), in particular, for installation of wall furniture, and also the method to manufacture composite fittings (301). EFFECT: proposed fittings differs by the fact that the hole (23, 23') on the eccentric disc is made so that the specified disc may be placed on the rod of the screw (40, 40') installed on the wall, having a head with provision of the possibility to control a position of the mounting plate (11) relative to the screw (40, 40') by means of rotation of the eccentric disc (20, 20', 20''). Adjustable mount point for wall cabinet designed for fastening cabinet to wall // 2463932 FIELD: personal use articles. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to an adjustable visible mount point for fastening the wall cabinet. The adjustable mount point for a wall cabinet comprises a hook located on the free end of the bonding element or a bracket passing outwardly from the said mount point, and the mechanism of the position adjustment on depth and height of the said hook, connected to the said bracket. The adjustable point comprises a central section or a part containing the said bracket, the said mechanism, two side sections or flanges, and at least one element resistant to shear forces and protruding from at least one of the said sections. At least another section comprises at least one fastening device. EFFECT: providing opportunity to withstand heavy loads. Swivel handle // 2060716 The invention relates to facial furniture hardware, in particular to the design of hinged handles, such as handle-ring handle-drop, etc Hinge folding furniture // 2040197 The device for locking the sash in the open position // 2016531 The invention relates to means for locking the valves in the open position during its movement (opening) up and can be used mainly in the furniture industry Fastening group for hanging built-in wardrobes with prevention of detachment // 2566488 SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a fastening group for hanging built-in wardrobes and is aimed at improving the ease of using it. The fastening group comprises a coupling device comprising a lever at the terminal end of which there is a hook, an arc-shaped element acting on the said lever to activate its rotation, a first adjustment screw designed for moving the said lever in the first direction, and a second adjustment screw designed for moving the said arc-shaped element, and a support which can be attached to the wall. The hook is adapted to interact with the said support for hanging the built-in wardrobe, and the said group comprises an interacting tooth connected to the said arc-shaped element, and a counter-shield connected to the support, and the said tooth is made with the ability of movement in at least one position of interaction with the said shield, provided that the hook interacts with the support, with provision of prevention of their mutual detachment. The support has a window of interaction for insertion of the hook, and the window is limited by at least a lower support edge for the hook and the upper edge comprising the said shield. EFFECT: increase in usability of the fastening group is achieved. 8 cl, 25 dwg Hidden device for wall assembly of structural element of furniture item with adjustment from above // 2567229 SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a hidden device for wall assembly of the structural element of furniture item and is aimed at improving the ease and reliability of mounting within the projection of furniture item. The hidden device for mounting the structural element of furniture item on the wall comprises a movable lever for mounting the said device to a support attached to the wall, and the position of the said lever relative to the said wall is made with the ability of adjustment in height and depth by means of two different control mechanisms, respectively, and these control mechanisms are completely contained inside the box body, and the said body is made of two halves, and the device is made with the ability of inserting a seat inside, and on the upper part of the said box body there are also the relative access means for access to the said control mechanisms from above. EFFECT: improvement of ease and reliability of mounting inside the projection of furniture item is achieved. Hidden device for wall assembly of structural element of furniture item with lateral adjustment // 2570368 SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a hidden device for wall assembly of the structural element of furniture item and is aimed at improving the reliability of operation. The hidden device for mounting the structural element of furniture item on the wall, comprising a movable lever for engaging the said device to a support attached to the wall, and the position of the said levers relative to the said wall is adjustable in height and depth by means of two different control mechanisms, respectively, and these control mechanisms are completely contained inside the box body, from the front side of which the said bracket end protrudes, made in the form of a hook, and the box body consists of two halves which comprise the device fastening means, and on the side of the said box body there are also the means relative to said access mechanisms. EFFECT: improvement of reliability in operation is achieved. Mounting group for suspension of cupboards with system of prevention of disengagement // 2574707 SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a mounting group (20) for suspension of cupboards, equipped with a system of prevention of disconnection. The mounting group (20) for suspension of cupboards, having a system of prevention of disconnection, comprising a suspension bracket (21) adapted for attachment to the cupboard, and a wall supporting part (22), and the said suspension bracket (21) has a hook (24), the wall supporting portion has a window (30) for the said hook (24), and the said bracket (21) comprises a pin (25, 250) which, when the hook (24) interacts with the window (30) can be inserted into the said window (30) to prevent disconnection of the hook (24), and the suspension bracket (21) comprises a slider (23) and guides (35) for guiding the movement of the said slider (23) to provide the ability of adjustment of the said group (20) in height, and the hook (24) and the pin (25) are connected to the said slider (23), and the hook (24) comprises a threaded rod or a shoulder (24A) designed to interact with a respective seat of the said slider to provide the ability of regulation of the said group (20) in depth, and the length of the threaded rod (24B) of the hook (24) is substantially equal to the length of the threaded rod (25B) of the pin (25) or less. And the said pin (25), when the bracket is in the assembled state, is installed above the hook (24), and the pin (25) is made with the ability of insertion into the said window (30) when the hook (24) interacts with the window (30), by screwing or unscrewing the pin. EFFECT: improvement of the design. Improved concealed suspension bracket // 2581582 SUBSTANCE: invention relates to hidden suspension bracket for suspension of suspended cabinet, and aims at increasing bearing capacity of bracket. Hidden suspended bracket contains base, therefrom to support attached onto wall, passes hooking element of suspended bracket, comprising head of screw, screwed to slider with sliding sockets, movable along guides of said base. Said slider is made of whole metal piece by performing successive processing steps, wherein said initial workpiece has two supporting parts, mutually connected by intermediate bend, and at one end has tab with threaded hole. EFFECT: higher bearing capacity of bracket. Positioning and supporting assembly and method for use thereof (versions) // 2592173 FIELD: furniture. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to positioning and supporting assembly for mounting a furniture item on wall and is aimed at simplifying mounting of furniture item on wall. Positioning and supporting assembly designed for mounting a furniture item, extending in a cantilever manner from wall to said wall and comprising a plate intended for attachment to said wall by means of first fasteners, and device fixed inside ends of said furniture item and intended for connection with help of hooks to openings of said plates, wherein inter-axial distance "A" between openings of plates is substantially equal to inter-axial distance "A'" between hooks. According to present invention, positioning and supporting assembly comprises a combination of said plates with a bar intended for positioning and/or mounting plates thereon, wherein plate and bar also comprise second means of mutual connection and/or fourth means for mutual connection and alignment, which provides essentially equality of said inter-axial distances "A" and "A'" at moment of installation of furniture. EFFECT: simplified mounting of furniture item on wall. Positioning and supporting unit and method for use thereof // 2592197 SUBSTANCE: invention relates to units intended for attachment of a furniture item on a wall, and aims at increasing accuracy of attachment. Positioning and supporting unit is intended for mounting a furniture item on a wall, extending in a cantilever manner from said wall, and comprises plates designed for attachment to said wall by means of first fasteners, and devices fixed inside ends of said furniture item and intended for connection with help of hooks to openings of said plates, wherein said inter-axial distance A between openings of said plates is substantially equal to inter-axial distance A′ between said hooks. According to invention, positioning and supporting unit comprise a combination of said plates with a bar intended for positioning plates thereon and configured to be attached to wall by second fasteners, wherein plates and bar also comprise third means for mutual connection and alignment, which provides essentially equality of said inter-axial distance A and A′ during mounting of furniture item. EFFECT: high accuracy of attachment.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4399
__label__cc	0.613678	0.386322	HomeTURKEYMarmara Region34 IstanbulAutomotive Sector Weighted R & D Automotive Sector Weighted R & D 26/03/2019 Levent Elmastaş 34 Istanbul, GENERAL, HIGHWAYS, Tire Wheel Systems, HEADLINE, Marmara Region, TURKEY 0 automotive sector should give weight to In order to evaluate the automotive sector in terms of the logistics sector, it is necessary to take a look at the figures in the automotive sector. In particular, it is important to accurately analyze the economic bottleneck and exchange rate fluctuations in the automotive sector after May 2018. When we look at the data released by the Automotive Industry Association; In January-October period of 2018, total production decreased by 6 compared to the same period of the previous year and automobile production by 9. In the same period, we can reach the information that the total production is 1 million 298 and 282 thousand 858 units. In addition, OSD reports; In the commercial vehicle group, production in the January-October period of 2018 was parallel to the previous year, while it remained at the same level in the light commercial vehicle group and increased in the level of 18 in the heavy commercial vehicle group. Automotive exports figures in terms of total automotive exports in terms of units in parallel with last year, automobile exports, the percentage of 5 shows a decrease. Compared to the same period of the previous year, total automotive exports increased by 2018 in dollar terms in January-October period, while 13 increased by EUR in the same period of the previous year. In this period, total automotive exports amounted to 6 Billion $, while automobile exports increased by 26,9 to $ 6 Billion. Euro-based automobile exports were down by 10,327 to 1 Billion. In light of these figures, when we consider logistics in parallel with the automotive sector, I think it is appropriate to do two different analyzes. One of these is the added value created by the Turkish automotive industry for the logistics sector and the other is the impact of the technological development in the automotive industry on the way the logistics sector works Bunlar Turkish automotive industry, showing a rapid development in recent years has become an important sector in the economy of the country and Turkey, regional location, high market potential, as a result of growing domestic and international market volume and investments, particularly of exported vehicles to the EU "production center ”Had been. However, the decline in 2018 has affected both the automotive sector and our stakeholders. However, in order for the Turkish automotive sector to reach its export-related targets, it is also necessary to plan and manage the logistics structure accurately and efficiently and to gain competitive power for the sector. This is only possible with the establishment of a strong logistic system physical infrastructure and workflow processes. Today, despite the increasing logistical needs, we see that there are serious shortcomings in terms of efficient and efficient logistics services against the growth trends of the sector. For this reason, we believe that the existing logistics infrastructure of our country should support the production and export in the future and that the automotive sector should continue its development in a way that is sufficient for its targets. Both the private sector and the public should take steps to respond to the needs of the automotive sector, which is one of the leading sectors of the country's exports when planning the logistics infrastructure and new investments. In particular, it is very important to complete the connection roads of the ports, considering that almost 90 of automotive exports is made by sea. The technological development and R & D investments in the automotive sector are also closely related to the logistics sector. Especially considering the EU countries where our foreign trade is intense; technological investments constitute a serious situation for our sector. As is known, vehicles that use fossil fuels are banned in many countries of the EU. From this point of view, we expect the automotive sector to produce new generation vehicles that are sensitive to the environment and have the technology to be accepted all over the world. With the transformation of transportation in the coming 10 year, the whole world will switch to electric and even possibly driverless vehicles. From the standpoint of our country's economy, international transport companies will have to invest in new fleet of vehicles. At this point, the necessary steps of the automotive industry and the production of commercial vehicles with this technology in our country will both improve our country and make it easier for us to invest. (Emre ELDENER) UTIKAD Chairman of the Board) Bursa should give its power to automotive and rail systems 06/08/2015 Bursa power, automotive and rail system should give the issue: Bursa Metropolitan Mayor Recep Altepe, Uludag University, saying that the great potential, "Bursa, the power of automotive, rail system, defense industry and aviation should give the issue," he said. Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Recep Altepe, Uludağ University Rectorate Building held at the meeting, representatives of the university and district mayors came together. Rector of Uludağ University Dr. The meeting, which was moderated by Yusuf Ulcay, brought the city's expectations from Uludağ University and the issue of making city cooperation with the university more efficient. Developing dialogue between Uludağ University and all districts of Bursa Ulu Procurement Notice: Material will be purchased (for conversion of catenary iron weight systems to concrete weights) 22/04/2013 TCDD Enterprise l. Regional Directorate Material to be purchased (for the conversion of catenary iron weight systems to concrete weights) SUBJECT OF THE TENDER AND ISSUES RELATED TO THE SUBMISSION Article 1 - Information on the Owner of the Business 1.1. The owner of the business; a) Name: TCDD Company 1 District Directorate Haydarpasa b) Address: TCDD Company 1 District Directorate Bureau Office Building 3.Kat Haydarpaşa / İSTANBUL c) Phone number: (0216) 337 82 14 d) Fax number: (0216) 337 82 14 e) e-mail address: - f) Name and surname of the relevant personnel: Suat AKCAN Commission Chief 1.2. The bidders, the tenderers with the above addresses and numbers, the information about the tender iler The construction of the railway line that will relax the automotive sector and industrialists started (Photo Gallery) 09/10/2015 The railway line, which will relieve the automotive sector and industrialist, has begun to be installed: Since the 2011 construction started at the beginning of the High Speed Train Line (YHT), the conventional line of freight trains that DDY lifts at some points will start to work again soon. State Railways had renewed the entire line with the construction of the High-speed Railway Line, in some areas had lifted the old lines and made two lines suitable for High Speed Train crossings. However, because the conventional line, which can be used for freight trains running parallel to the YHT line, is not made at the entrance and exit of Izmit Railway Station, however, it is only possible to pay the freight trains in the evening between 20.00 and 06.00 olarak Automotive Sector Breaks All Time Export Record in February 05/03/2018 The top leader of Turkey's export sector, the automotive industry has signed a new record 12 years. In February, 26 increased its 2,8 billion dollars and recorded an all-time record on a monthly basis in February, compared to the same month last year. According to the data of Uludağ Automotive Industry Exporters' Association (OİB), the automotive sector, which made 26 billion dollars export in February with an increase of approximately 2,8 compared to the same month of the previous year, broke the all-time export record on a monthly basis. 22 percent share of the sector, which Turkey exports, so more than one-fifth of total exports alone made. Goods groups Mal New Project for the Automotive Sector from BTSO 25/03/2019 Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO), which has become a center of expertise with its model projects for the business world of Bursa, has prepared a new project for the automotive sector. Increasing the ability of the sector cooperation between Turkey and the European Union aimed at strengthening the country's foreign trade network project targeted SMEs. BCCI leadership in Poland, Hungary and Kilis Chamber of Commerce with the support of 'Between Turkey and the EU to find and Opportunities in the Automotive Industry Building Bridges' Project is coming to life. 1 has a budget close to a million pounds and the project will be funded by the European Union funds of 80. Apaydın: ı The Railroad Sector is Living its Golden Age Ap 04/11/2017 Haber TRANSİST 10, İstanbul Transportation Congress and Fair Müdür 2017 was held in 02.su this year. İsa Apaydınwas opened with participation. ARSLAN: INTEGRATION OF TRANSPORTATION SPECIES VERY IMPORTANT Minister of UDH Arslan made a speech at the ceremony and stated that transportation is a part of life. I was the chief engineer at the shipyard and at the time I was trying to find a solution to the transportation problems of Istanbul and to provide a solution for all esi Tender Announcement: Operation of Ball Bearing Balast Regulator and Dynamic Line Stabilizer 22/09/2014 TCDD. Operation 7. Regional Directorate of Pouring Machine Ballast Regulator and Dynamic Line Stabilizer operation service will be taken. SUBJECT OF TENDER AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUES Article 1 - Business Owner Administration 1.1. The owner of the business; a) Name: TCDD Enterprise 7. Regional Director AFYONKARAHİSAR b) Address: Aliçetinkaya Mah. Silo Yolu Cad. No: 2 / 1 GAR / AFYONKARAHİSAR c) Phone number: 0 272 / 2137621 d) Fax number: 301 0 272 e) e-mail address: www.tcdd.gov.tr (fx2141943@hotmail.com) f) Related personnel Name / Surname / Title: Yıldıray BAŞOL - 7. Regional Road Manager 7. Bidders, tender information İst Procurement Notification: Maintenance and repair service will be taken (Ballast screening machine, Planting Machine, Ballast Regulator and Dynamic Line Stabilizer rented) 21/06/2016 Maintenance and repair service will be taken General Directorate of State Railways (TCDD) 7. REGIONAL MATERIAL DIRECTORATE 70 pieces Ballast screening machine, 1 pieces bending machine, 1 pieces balancing machine, 1 pieces ballast regulator and 1 pieces Dynamic Line Stabilizer hiring services to be used in 4734 km repair works between Kadınhan-Horozluhan stations. open tender procedure. Detailed information on the tender is as follows: Tender Registration Number: 19 / 2016 232894-The Administration a) Address: Aliçetinkaya Mah. Silo Yolu Cad. No: 1 / 2 1 GAR AFYONKARAHİSAR CENTER / AFYONKARAHİSAR b) Telephone No Procurement Notice: Child protection sensor - indoor / outdoor air sensor - sensor will be purchased (TÜVASAŞ) 31/03/2017 TÜVASAŞ General Directorate Child protection sensor - indoor / outdoor sensor - sensor will be purchased RK REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2017 / 143051 I - SUBJECT OF THE TENDER AND ISSUES RELATED TO THE SUBMISSION Article 1 - Administration information 1.1. The Administration; a) Name: TÜVASAŞ General Directorate b) Address: Mithatpaşa Mah. National Sovereignty cad.no:xnumx ADAPAZARI / TURKEY c) Telephone number: 131 90 264 (Internal: 2751660-3451-3452) d) Fax number: 3453 90 264 d) Electronic mail address: satinalma@tuvasas.com.t e) Related Unit: Purchasing Department - Research and Tender Preparation Department 2751679. Tenderers, tender and information preparation ilişkin Successful Woman Driver of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Was Selected as the Driver of the Month 24/05/2017 Successful Women Driver of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Was Selected as the Driver of the Month: Türkan Uysal, one of the successful women's drivers of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, won the captain of the month in urban transportation. Turkey Chambers and Stock Exchanges Union won under the auspices of the Captain's Club an award organized by month captains driver for three months by the platform, taking Mugla Metropolitan Municipality's successful female driver in the transportation Turkan tame used 40 thousand games 19 thousand. Türkan Uysal, one of the women's driver of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality in Muğla, said that they provide service to the citizens in the city for a safe and comfortable journey in Muğla. automobile manufacturing automotive exports Automotive Industry Association Turkish Automotive Industry OSTIM Word to the Steel Cluster Transportation Investments in Bursa Continue Bursa should give its power to automotive and rail systems Procurement Notice: Material will be purchased (for conversion of catenary iron weight systems to concrete weights) The construction of the railway line that will relax the automotive sector and industrialists started (Photo Gallery) Automotive Sector Breaks All Time Export Record in February New Project for the Automotive Sector from BTSO Turkish Lighting Sector Meets with International Players in IstanbulLight Apaydın: ı The Railroad Sector is Living its Golden Age Ap Tender Announcement: Operation of Ball Bearing Balast Regulator and Dynamic Line Stabilizer Procurement Notification: Maintenance and repair service will be taken (Ballast screening machine, Planting Machine, Ballast Regulator and Dynamic Line Stabilizer rented) Procurement Notice: Child protection sensor - indoor / outdoor air sensor - sensor will be purchased (TÜVASAŞ) Istanbul Metro and Metrobus Lines, Metrobus Stops, Metro Stop Names	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4401
__label__wiki	0.806624	0.806624	A survivor of the Las Vegas shooting received a special message from her idol 2 months after splitting from Chris Pratt, Anna Faris has a new man Nicole Moschella, October 19, 2017 11:12 am Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Turner LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 30: Actress Anna Faris attends The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 30, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. 25650_013 (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Turner) Anna Faris is back on the dating scene two months after calling it quits with her husband of eight years, Chris Pratt. The “Mom” actress recently stepped out with her new beau, cinematographer Michael Barrett, and the two have reportedly been dating since September after working together on a new film, “Overboard.” “Anna has been hanging out with Michael for weeks,” a source told PEOPLE. “They were hanging out occasionally in September but started seeing each other more frequently recently.” RELATED: The rumor mill is churning over what really caused the split between Anna Faris and Chris Pratt Faris and Barrett were also spotted on several dinner dates recently in Los Angeles, and TMZ caught the new couple having lunch in Malibu, Calif., just last month. Following the split, Faris gave a fan some heartfelt relationship advice on her podcast, “Unqualified.” “Life is too short to be in relationships where you feel this isn’t fully right, or somebody doesn’t have your back, or somebody doesn’t fully value you,” she said to the caller in August. “Don’t be afraid to feel your independence if things aren’t right.” She continued, “I made that mistake, I think, a little bit, like ‘I’m checking my relationship off the list,’ and if that would be the final piece of advice I could give you, that would be know your worth, know your independence.” About the author: Nicole Moschella, Rare Staff Nicole is a content editor with Rare. celebrity relationships	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4404
__label__wiki	0.519422	0.519422	Evaluation of intervertebral disc regeneration with implantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) using quantitative T2 mapping: a study in rabbits Feng Cai, Xiao-Tao Wu, Xin-Hui Xie, Feng Wang, Xin Hong, Su-Yang Zhuang, Lei Zhu, Yun-Feng Rui, Rui Shi International Orthopaedics 2015, 39 (1): 149-59 PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to investigate the curative effects of transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) on intervertebral disc regeneration and to investigate the feasibility of the quantitative T2 mapping method for evaluating repair of the nucleus pulposus after implantation of BMSCs. METHODS: Forty-eight New Zealand white rabbits were used to establish the lumber disc degenerative model by stabbing the annulus fibrosus and then randomly divided into four groups, i.e. two weeks afterwards, BMSCs or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) were transplanted into degenerative discs (BMSCs group and PBS group), while the operated rabbits without implantation of BMSCs or PBS served as the sham group and the rabbits without operation were used as the control group. At weeks two, six and ten after operation, the T2 values and disc height indices (DHI) were calculated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI 3.0 T), and the gene expressions of type II collagen (COL2) and aggrecan (ACAN) in degenerative discs were evaluated by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). T2 values for the nucleus pulposus were correlated with ACAN or COL2 expression by regression analysis. RESULTS: Cell clusters, disorganised fibres, interlamellar glycosaminoglycan (GAG) matrix and vascularisation were observed in lumber degenerative discs. BMSCs could be found to survive in intervertebral discs and differentiate into nucleus pulposus-like cells expressing COL2 and ACAN. The gene expression of COL2 and ACAN increased during ten weeks after transplantation as well as the T2 signal intensity and T2 value. The DHI in the BMSCs group decreased more slowly than that in PBS and sham groups. The T2 value correlated significantly with the gene expression of ACAN and COL2 in the nucleus pulposus. CONCLUSIONS: Transplantation of BMSCs was able to promote the regeneration of degenerative discs. Quantitative and non-invasive T2 mapping could be used to evaluate the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus with good sensitivity. Transplantation of gene-modified nucleus pulposus cells reverses rabbit intervertebral disc degeneration. Effect of the mixture of bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells and annulus fibrosus cells in repairing the degenerative discs of rabbits. [BMSCs-chitosan hydrogel complex transplantation for treating intervertebral disc degeneration]. Differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells transplanted to a rabbit degenerative disc model: potential and limitations for stem cell therapy in disc regeneration. Sox9 gene transfer enhanced regenerative effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on the degenerated intervertebral disc in a rabbit model. Total disc replacement using a tissue-engineered intervertebral disc in vivo: new animal model and initial results. Regeneration of the intervertebral disc with nucleus pulposus cell-seeded collagen II/hyaluronan/chondroitin-6-sulfate tri-copolymer constructs in a rabbit disc degeneration model. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells slow intervertebral disc degeneration through the NF-κB pathway. [An experimental study on effect of autologous platelet-rich plasma on treatment of early intervertebral disc degeneration]. Quantitative analysis of gene expression in a rabbit model of intervertebral disc degeneration by real-time polymerase chain reaction.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4409
__label__wiki	0.542909	0.542909	She Told Him to Kill Himself. He Did. Should She Be Held Responsible? HBO documentary explores teen’s culpability in boyfriend’s suicide. Glenn Garvin \| 7.5.2019 3:00 PM "I Love You, Now Die" (HBO) I Love You, Now Die. HBO. Tuesday, July 9, 8 p.m. When Massachusetts police announced in 2014 that they were charging a teenage girl with manslaughter for goading her boyfriend into suicide with a series of bullying texts—some of them as he sat in his pickup truck, debating whether to switch on the motor that would poison him with carbon monoxide—there seemed little doubt of her guilt. Not necessarily her legal guilt. Though 39 states have laws against assisting or encouraging suicide, Massachusetts wasn't one of them. And Michelle Carter was not only miles away when her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, turned on that motor, she was just 17—a year younger than Conrad and certainly not a parent, teacher, or custodial adult. Telling him to go ahead and kill himself seemed like a mordant and horribly reprehensible exercise of First Amendment rights. To turn on its head an ancient parental rebuttal to the my-friends-told-me-to-it defense: If your friends told you to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it? And even if the answer is yes, is it their fault? But there was a second charge against Carter, even if it was only filed in the court of public opinion: that she was a "heartless bitch," as one reporter interviewed in the HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die called her, adding, "this coercive ice queen who killed a guy in order to become popular." On this, the case seemed open and shut. The texts from Carter that cops found in Roy's phone, sent over a period of months, were colder than an Arctic night. When he said he wasn't sure how to do it, Carter's reply sounded like a macabre take on Paul Simon: "Drink bleach. Why don't you just drink bleach? Hang yourself. Jump over a building, stab yourself, idk. There's a lot of ways." And in another text to a friend after Roy's body was found, Carter seemed to confess. "His death is my fault like honestly I could have stopped him," she wrote. "I was on the phone with him and he got out of the car because it was working and he got scared and I fucking told him to get back in." Small wonder that a local woman asked by a TV reporter what she thought of the case replied, "You little snot, how could you do that to a human being, you 90210 piece of crap?" In fact, there was a lot more to the story, as the fascinating and often horrifying I Love You, Now Die—one of three two-part crime documentaries HBO will air this month—makes clear. Carter and Roy played out a fantasy that they were a millennial Romeo and Juliet, their passions fed by anti-depressants and a mutual fascination with suicide, wooing each other not with poetry but plagiarized texts. Living in different but nearby towns in the southern leg of Massachusetts, they met in Florida, where their families were both vacationing and almost instantly bonded, in no small part over their social anxiety, clinical depression, suicide attempts (one for her, at least four for him) and disturbingly dark worldviews. When Roy confided he'd seen the devil—it's not clear if he's speaking metaphorically or literally—Carter quickly declares she does, too. "A lot, actually," she adds. But their relationship was almost entirely digital. After returning home, they met no more than five times over the next two years, yet bombarded one another with thousands of texts, many of their lines purloined from the teen-angst TV musical Glee. How much of their hellbound race was real and how much was fantasy—and whether they understood the difference—is an open question. What is clear is that Carter didn't plant the idea of killing himself in Roy's head. If the texts themselves weren't convincing enough that he was obsessed with the idea, the videos and notebooks full of suicide notes and bleak self-appraisals like "There's something wrong with me," surely are. But if Carter wasn't the intellectual author of Roy's death wish, neither did she report it to his parents or doctors or anybody else who might have helped him. And in the final two weeks before his death, Carter seemed to actively encourage him, badgering him about where and when he planned to follow through on his threats: "The time is right and you're ready, you just need to do it!" She even seems to have staged a sort of dry run 48 hours before his suicide, texting other girls at her school that her out-of-town boyfriend had disappeared and she was afraid he had killed himself. "It's all my fault," she wrote. "I was supposed to save him he needed me. I let him down." Actually, as Carter was well aware, Roy was very much alive and deluging her with texts. Her attorney and expert psychiatric witnesses would later heap scorn on the prosecution's theory that she was setting herself up as the "grieving girlfriend" who needed social support, but they didn't have any alternative explanation. That wasn't the only weakness in their case. Carter's most sensible defense—that words are not weapons, whatever she may have told Roy, he didn't have to do it—had been obliterated before the trial when the Massachusetts Supreme Court refused to quash her indictment. Instead, they argued that the single most damning piece of evidence against Carter—her texted confession to a friend that she ordered Roy back into the carbon-monoxide-filled car when his resolve wavered—was a lie to gain perverse sympathy (oddly mirroring, in a way, the prosecution's "grieving girlfriend" scenario). And perhaps if Carter made that claim from the witness stand, it would have worked. But she didn't testify. That sealed her fate, legally; she was convicted of manslaughter. And in the court of public opinion, she fared even worse. "If you're gonna do a last tweet," Carter wrote to Roy, "can it be about me?" The rest was silence. NEXT: After 6-Year Fight, Florida Couple Wins Right to Grow Veggies at Home Television Glenn Garvin TV Reviews Documentary Suicide Crime First Amendment Massachusetts So like guns that kill, texts need to be allowed only by vetted, trained, fee paying, permit holders. This is self evident, is it not? Let the legislation begin. And oh by the way, I thought being bat-shit crazy was an allowable defense. Next: “Boy who told friend ‘Go f*** yourself’ arrested on sex charges” It’ll be interesting to see if HBO handles this topic in a detached, factual, non-biased manner. I have doubts. Most often in these documentaries the producers have their POV and slant things in that direction. In any case it will have to be one sided because Roy is dead. While they can present him and his state of mind it can only be done via third person and dated text. He, unlike her will not benefit from the subtle persuasions of calculated soundtracks, and flattering and sympathetic camera angles and background shots. LiborCon “It’ll be interesting to see if HBO handles this topic in a detached, factual, non-biased manner.” Like they did with Chernobyl? Claiming that: 1. Nuclear reactors, using non-weapons grade fuels, can initiate nuclear explosions. 2. A fission reactor could initiate a fusion reaction. 3. Chernobyl could have resulted in a 2 to 4 megaton explosion. 4. A 4 megaton explosion could destroy a city 200 miles away. 5. The fallout from the Chernobyl reactors could have poisoned all of Europe. BigT Those statements were placed in the mouth of a less than authoritative person. To propose he was exaggerating is not unrealistic, or wrong. Or maybe since no ever exaggerates on this site, you don’t believe it could happen? AlmightyJB She won’t do much time for manslaughter. Pretty low on my list of things to give a shit about. Don't look at me! Another example of “don’t stick it in crazy”. NashTiger I guess she is supposed to be hot by Massachusettes standards? Looks more like she is starring in a Geico caveman commercial. (Yes, I was mean and petty and misogynistic on purpose, because she does deserve it) She could have been in the poster that pissed off the caveman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM3BZCWfH4I Nardz That caveman was so ahead of his time. Of course, these days, he’d be on the chopping block his little tennis bag & wooden Spalding are still worth the chuckle A Thinking Mind She’s an awful human being, but that’s not actually a crime. And we’re back to that old axiom, “If a headline asks you a Yes/No question, the answer is almost always ‘no.” This is absolute bullshit. She did not kill this guy. He killed himself. This is a hugely dangerous precedent, and it better be overturned. shortviking sparkstable Agree as well. But also would bet a lot of money on her being found guilty. A lot of money. Hope I’m wrong though. Just another baby step down the road to totalitarian paradise. First words are hurtful. then words are actions. then words are actual violence. then thoughts are actions. then thoughts you might think are crimes against the state. Then you wish you had the bad old days back. But they are gone. The most disturbing part: “That wasn’t the only weakness in their case. Carter’s most sensible defense—that words are not weapons, whatever she may have told Roy, he didn’t have to do it—had been obliterated before the trial when the Massachusetts Supreme Court refused to quash her indictment.“ Words are actions, violence according to the court. The forehead eyebrow combo is disturbing. Last of the Shitlords The. If question is, how are her tits? Jerryskids Odd that they bonded over their emotional fragility and yet she’s had it much harder than him and I haven’t seen her kill herself yet. Maybe she’s more cold-hearted manipulative bitch than actually crazy? Hank Phillips One of the most fun bands in Austin, the Uranium Savages, recorded “Kill Yourself” live at Soap Creek Saloon–and the non-Massachussetts audience laughed. Saaay… what would happen if someone told a Massachussetts politician to discorporate or subaqueate? Legally responsible? This is morbid and depressing, but this leaped out at me: “they met in Florida” …so they’re honorary Florida Persons? Illocust If you tell someone on mind altering substances that they can fly and should leap off the ledge, are you responsible if they believe you and do so? MasterThief Culpable, but not responsible. Similar to a guy taking advantage of a drunk girl. I’d say there is social and moral blame, but not necessarily criminal responsibility did you see the size of that chicken? Pat001 When I was four years old I saw a cereal commercial on TV that told kids they could fly if they ate that brand of cereal. Fortunately I only jumped off the living room couch. buybuydandavis Missing from the story is what he felt about killing himself. Was she only encouraging him in something he had expressed many a time he wanted to do? Or was she a hell demon who badgered and manipulated him into depression and misery, then encouraged suicide as an escape for the misery she induced? Lacking in the story is any account of how the guy handled his own agency. It seems one way he exercised his agency was by getting together with a crazy woman. Not that he seems a model of sanity himself. Where the hell is personal responsibility in today’s society. You have to be pretty weak willed to kill yourself just because someone told you to. Why the hell did he not just change his sim in his phone, or alternatively just bar her number. Most modern phones give the ability to bar texts and phone calls from selected numbers. The things she said were disgusting and horrible, but he was responsible for his own suicide. Her behaviour should act as a warning for other men and friends to stay clear but she should not be prosecuted for this. Echospinner Suicide threat is a medical emergency. It is never to be taken lightly and is not a subject to joke about. Bubba Jones Is she single? Ryan (formally HFTO) Normally they wait til marriage to start talking like that The only thing that’s certain is that Cara Delevingne will portray her in the movie. no. also goes on here in these threads i’m pretty sure nobody’s drowned themselves in drano yet Is it irresponsible to tell someone to commit suicide? Yes. Is it a crime? No. If I told you to jump off a cliff would you do it? Cloudbuster No. Being a heinous bitch still isn’t a crime. Otherwise we’d be close to resolving the sex disparity in incarceration. According to this ruling, Blue Oyster Cult are history’s greatest monsters.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4411
__label__cc	0.578909	0.421091	Shopping for Sharks in India By Philippa Ehrlich, 4th February 2015 I am slopping through an ankle-deep slurry of the gory remains of marine life from every trophic level in the Indian Ocean. My flip-flops are slippery and I’m finding it hard to keep up with the rest of the group. Taking photographs is just about impossible because I am part of a human conveyor belt in perpetual motion. The man in front of me has a bucket on his head and it’s filled to the brim with small fish, bits of which slop over the side every time he is jolted by a change of pace in the general throng. I try to pause and snap a shot of an enormous stingray whose long tail has been threaded through the sphericals behind its eyes. That tail can’t protect it now. The market is full of deadly weapons – poisonous stings, sharpened fangs, lethal swords and mighty jaws – and they are all as debilitated as the unfortunate corpses they are attached to. Someone is shouting up ahead in the chaos and the heaving mass somehow manages to sway to the left, making room for a man pushing a wooden trolley laden with gargantuan conger eels. Dipani inspects a large ray. Thousands of rays of all shapes and sizes are on sale at the market. Photo © Philippa Ehrlich \| Save Our Seas Foundation Sassoon Dock in Colaba, Mumbai, is one of India’s largest fish markets. Trawlers that ply the Arabian Sea arrive here after weeks at sea and weary fishermen hand their catch over to female traders who haggle hard for the best prices. Fishy-business on the pier is fast-paced and fierce, and Sunday mornings especially are absolute pandemonium. This is a far cry from the field work I have witnessed in the past. We are not in a beautiful or remote location, there are no tags to be deployed or fins to be photographed. I have never seen so much marine diversity in one place, but everything is dead. Individual scoliodon sharks may not weigh much, but every year, tons of them are sold in markets all over India. © Philippa Ehrlich \| Save Our Seas Foundation I cringe as a piece of smelly fish splashes onto my arm. Importantly, though, it can be identified – and that is why we are here. Fisheries science is an essential part of the picture when it comes to marine conservation and I am visiting Sassoon Dock with Dr Dipani Sutaria, an SOSF-funded scientist. She is leading a team of three researchers and a group of student volunteers who are collecting data from landing sites all along India’s Maharashtra and Gujarati coastlines. Studies suggest that India has the second biggest shark fishery in the world, but very little is known about the country’s shark species and abundance, how they are caught and how local communities perceive them. Dipani hopes that her research will help scientists paint a picture of what is happening to these animals and form the basis of a conservation plan. Dipani and her team of volunteers have to take various measurements to collect their data. © David Tickler There are fewer sharks for sale today and those that we have seen are small (including some neonate scalloped hammerheads and an oceanic blacktip that still had an umbilical scar). Dipani’s volunteers Marcus Tobias and Evan Nazareth explain to me that a few months ago they were seeing a lot of big animals but they believe the catches are seasonal. We stop to take the measurements of two small bamboo sharks they have found. They are unsure of the species and decide to buy the sharks for 80 rupees (about US$1.60). I am amazed at how these guys manage to get work done here in the midst of constant pushing and shoving. I have scarcely been able to take a single photograph for fear of being trampled by the crowd. The only other time I experienced this kind of relentless foot traffic was at Christmas in Times Square, New York. Somehow, Marcus and Evan are managing to stay in one place for long enough to measure, identify and sex the dead sharks before being swept along by the tide of determined buyers and sellers. The volunteers have to work fast in the chaos of Sassoon Dock. © Philippa Ehrlich \| Save Our Seas Foundation Traditionally, sharks were only caught and consumed in the eastern state of Tamil Nadu, but the growing market has pushed the trade westwards. I watch a man buy a few kilos of carefully prepared scoliodon sharks for a special shark curry recipe that he seems very excited about. These animals only grow to about 70 centimetres and I have seen hundreds of them for sale in markets throughout south-western India. They are listed as Near Theatened by the IUCN, but like many of the smaller elasmobranch species, there is not enough data to accurately assess their status. I ask Dipani if she ever comes across finned animals. She explains that although finning might take place illegally in Indian waters on foreign vessels, it is not practised by local fisherman because culturally it would be regarded as a terrible waste of food and resources. At Sassoon Dock, women are in charge. This woman is haggling the best price for her collection of scoliodon sharks. © Philippa Ehrlich \| Save Our Seas Foundation We leave the market and, after carefully concealing the putrid bamboo sharks from the driver, we take a taxi to St Xavier’s College, the hub of shark research in Maharashtra. Dipani attended the college 20 years ago and her professor at the time, Dr Smita Krishan, is now head of the Zoology Department and is helping the shark project. Evan prepares to dissect the shark whilst Marcus and Dipani page through a copy of Sharks of the World to identify it. In India, as in many developing countries, the brightest students pursue more lucrative career paths, like engineering and medicine, and there are very few highly qualified marine biologists. Dipani knows of less than a handful who are working on sharks – and that means there is an enormous knowledge gap. Earlier this year, she was very grateful for a visit from Dr Rima Jabado, a fisheries expert from the UAE who ran vital workshops with her volunteer teams. After successfully dissecting and identifying the bamboo sharks we head out to another landing site about an hour outside the centre of Mumbai. It is late afternoon and the light is perfect. Here things are less organised and pressurised. I am able to photograph Dipani and Evan measuring a small hammerhead and then wander over to watch boats being offloaded while she chats to the local women about recent shark catches. While looking for more sharks, we come across a large drum that seems to have been forgotten. Inside is a large pile of rays, including a small eagle ray. I remember how in awe I was the first time I saw one of these beautiful animals winging through the shallows in the Seychelles. Here they do not fetch many rupees and are left lying in the sun until the more valuable catch has been sold. Dipani’s project focuses on sharks, but they collect data on rays if time permits. It seems some targeted research is desperately needed into the plight of the shark’s flatter cousins as well. An important part of Dipani’s research is speaking with local women to better understand the socioeconomic aspects of the fishery. © Philippa Ehrlich \| Save Our Seas Foundation By the time we finish at the market it is early evening. Dipani and Evan have been up since 5 am and we are all exhausted. On the cab ride back into the city Evan has a lot of questions. It seems that he is trying to download everything we know about sharks in one evening. He asks about the behaviour of different species and populations in other parts of the Indian Ocean. He wants to know about internship programmes and the best way to obtain diving certification. Even after a very long day, I am encouraged and energised. Being a marine biologist in India is clearly not easy, but we desperately need more scientists like Dipani and Smita. If students like Evan are this interested and passionate, it is a very good sign. I am also convinced of the value of the project, because while it will hopefully teach us a lot about India’s shark fishery, it is also serving as an important and inspiring training ground for the country’s future conservationists. Biology student Evan Nazareth washes his hands before dissecting a neonate oceanic blacktip shark. © Philippa Ehrlich \| Save Our Seas Foundation Sharks for sale in India Indian fishermen catch the second largest number of sharks in the world. Dipani and her team are collecting data in manic fish markets to create a baseline understanding of the country’s sharks and how to save them.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4415
__label__wiki	0.735463	0.735463	Join SCAN What is SCAN? Art in Action RT @LUXScotland: The deadline for the bursary to attend our Summer School with artist Morgan Quaintance @Hospitalfield is coming up on Tues… 16.07.19 Open call 📢 @SocietyScotArt and @VisualArtsScot inviting artists to apply to be a part of the biggest show of conte… https://t.co/21L0aQJ23S 16.07.19 RT @MS_VisualArts: At @EdArtFest this year you can see fantastic work by artists who have exhibited with us over the years, like Anya Galla… 15.07.19 Follow @sca_net Browse content by theme: Network: Members Andrew Sinclair Resipole Studios is an award-winning fine art gallery with on-site artist studios, located on the West Coast of Scotland. The unique exhibition space hosts an exciting annual programme of exhibitions and workshops of Scottish contemporary art that is both emerging and established. The gallery was launched in 2004 by Andrew Sinclair after a two-year renovation of an agricultural byre. An arts graduate himself, Andrew recognised the need for a professional gallery space in his home area but also for professional studio facilities, to enable resident and visiting artists to access high quality resources in a truly inspirational Highland setting. Since its launch, Resipole Studios continues to present work by artists of many disciplines, with Scotland as their key focus. With many award-winning artists on its roster, the gallery is regarded as one of Scotland’s leading contemporary art spaces and consequently, in 2016 was selected to show work by the late, American abstract-expressionist, Jon Schueler to mark the centenary of his birth. www.resipolestudios.co.uk @resipolestudios © 2013-2019 Scottish Contemporary Art Network. Terms & conditions. Your privacy. Scottish Contemporary Art Network is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO): Charity Number SC043016. Our website uses Google Analytics to track visitors anonymously, which helps us improve your experience. You can opt out of tracking at any time via our Privacy page. Otherwise, we’ll assume you’re OK to continue. I'm fine with this Learn more	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4420
__label__wiki	0.650964	0.650964	view current year — artists Max Meser Max Meser - Square Room Great old-fashioned stuff? Or: great stuff with an old-fashioned quality? It's both applicable to Pictures, Max Meser's second album. The first indication refers to Meser's inspiration, which is obviously sixties pop. The second focuses on the high quality. Meser, born in Spain, half Dutch, half Spanish feels European. Andy Crofts (from Paul Weller’s band), produced the second album and was very much on the same wavelength as the band. He took a bit of the Godlike genius from ‘his boss’ and bestowed it on Meser and the band. ‘He gave us all creative freedom and came up with all kinds of useful suggestions, but never compelling,’ says Meser. Crofts' presence radiates on the result, which sounds like a true sonic delight. The Godfather himself took Max and band on tour, handpicked, as they say! Following the release of the album Max and band toured The Netherlands. 2018 Begins with their first European tour supporting The Strypes. Subgenre: Pop From: Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Events featuring Max Meser Max Meser at CU29 1:00am — 1:50am	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4423
__label__wiki	0.580257	0.580257	T-level contracts halved as fewer students predicted February 26, 2019 \| No Comments The value of the first T-level contracts handed to awarding bodies was significantly below the figure initially advertised due to lower projected student numbers. Tes understands that, while the collective value of the three contracts was initially advertised as being £17.5 million, the actual value of the contracts signed with Pearson – for two T levels pathways – and NCFE was revised down significantly, partly due to a significant drop in projected student numbers. Excluding the development rebate element of the contracts, the total value at the end of year four of the programme of the three contracts is believed to be around £8.5 million – less than half of the original figure. In the original invitation to tender issued in July, the number of students projected across all three pathways by the end of the fourth year of teaching was around 51,000. However, by the final tender document, this had been revised down to around 34,000, a third less than the original projection. Shadow FE minister Gordon Marsden said Labour had been warning the government that it needed to get a clear message out about T levels for teachers, learners and their parents. “I think it is concerning for what is supposed to the government’s flagship policy in this area that the value of these contracts has been revised down significantly. It suggests the government expects student numbers to be more modest in the early years of T levels or it could be issues to do with costs or simply they want to take this rather more slowly. There needs to be a far greater degree of transparency about why this has happened.” Senior policy manager at the Association of Colleges Catherine Sezen said: “The technical education reforms are vital to help our country become more self-sufficient in skills and to give more young people the transition into working lives that they deserve. It is crucial that the 2020 awarding organisations work closely with the 2020 providers to ensure we have specifications which are fit for purpose to meet student needs and business requirements.” Read more T-level contracts halved as fewer students predicted Don’t forget you can sign up to receive our daily email bulletin (around 7am) with all the latest schools news stories. Your details will never be given to anyone else and you can unsubscribe at any stage. Just follow this link We now have a Facebook page - pls click to like! More recent posts... Housing crisis: Nurses and teachers priced out of UK regions by rising rents MP urges schools to ditch expensive, branded uniforms to help hard-up parents University green rankings at risk despite climate emergency Food bank use among children over school holidays surges by 20% in a year, figures show Ofsted reveals concerns about MATs pooling school funds Mind: Isolation punishment can damage mental health Grammar school expansion still locking out the poor Half of female students subjected to unwanted sexual touching, poll finds Categories: Further Education, Learning, Opportunities, Secondary and T levels. Tags: funding, Further education and T-levels.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4425
__label__wiki	0.842921	0.842921	Parents push for school security Few, if anyone, think a school shooting could happen in their neighborhood. That is until tragedy strikes. more By HEATHER J. SMITH \| 6/2/19 In early May, a group of friends and colleagues gathered at Ethical Culture Fieldston School to say goodbye to teacher and educator Margaret Katz. Although she died almost year earlier, her 35 years of service has left an indelible mark on the institution. more SAR students win national finance challenge High school students and their parents are invited to “Pathways to Career Excellence,” a day of workshops and information sessions about the transition to life after graduation. more A former tenured professor says Manhattan College was wrong to allegedly push her out of her job after more than 20 years at the school, claiming in a human rights commission complaint and a lawsuit filed in Bronx County Supreme Court that administrators discriminated against her over gender and perceived disability. more The AmPark Neighborhood School parent association annual fundraiser is serious fun. more Plans to add a fourth school on the DeWitt Clinton High School campus have the historic institution’s alumni, parents and faculty worried the change will counter the academic strides the school had made in recent years. more PS/MS 95 kindergarten parent orientation Parents of incoming kindergarteners to P.S./M.S. 95 Sheila Mencher are invited to an orientation meeting May 21 at 9 a.m. more Lehman math prof wins science grant Megan Owen made Lehman College history this spring. The National Science Foundation awarded the associate math professor its Faculty Early Career Development grant worth $419,000. She is the first Lehman faculty member to receive the award. more Smile, more speed cameras are on way An experiment that included a Riverdale elementary school is about to expand citywide. more A curriculum for coping adds to academics at PS7 It takes a village, the old adage says, to raise a child. At P.S. 7 Milton Fein, teachers are taking lessons beyond math and reading. more 1 \| 2 Next »	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4437
__label__wiki	0.858294	0.858294	Don’t Widen 101: How SM County Could Move More People With Less Traffic By Andrew Boone San Mateo County agencies are studying the “Planned HOV” scenario for Highway 101 — a road widening — even though the “Optimized HOT” scenario is much cheaper and more effective. Image: TransForm San Mateo County is poised to spend more than a hundred million dollars on an expansion of Highway 101 while passing over more effective, less expensive options to improve people’s commutes. Even as total traffic volumes have remained flat over the past decade on Highway 101 in San Mateo County, the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) is conducting a $2 million study of expanding the highway with new carpool lanes. But highway expansions of already very large highways are simply not effective. “If we had unlimited amounts of money and no concerns about our impact on the environment, we could keep doing that,” said Jeff Hobson, deputy director of TransForm. “But the last 50 years of experience suggests that paving our way of out congestion is not working.” Highway 101, facing north from Ralston Avenue in Belmont during the evening rush hour. Photo: Andrew Boone In a new report, “Innovation Required: Moving More People with Less Traffic,” TransForm calls on C/CAG to consider an alternative that they say would be cheaper, more effective at reducing traffic congestion, and would improve public transit. Instead of adding carpool lanes, TransForm is pushing for conversion of one existing highway lane in each direction into “optimized high occupancy toll lanes” (Optimized HOT), also called express lanes. These lanes are free for carpoolers but also available to solo drivers for a fee, which is varied based on demand to ensure that they remain free-flowing. The report, which includes a traffic analysis of this option and two others, conducted by former C/CAG Transportation Programs and Planning Manager Joseph Kott, concludes that converting one existing lane in each direction to an express lane would move more people with less traffic at just one-tenth the cost of the agency’s current plans. Building the more expensive, less efficient options would waste a lot of revenue from the county’s half-cent transportation sales tax, Measure A, that could fund an expansion of transportation choices for residents and workers. With an estimated $130 – $160 million in construction cost savings, as well as new toll revenue, converted express lanes could provide a windfall of funds to improve non-driving commute options in San Mateo County, such as Caltrain, SamTrans, and the county’s disjointed bicycle and pedestrian network. Compared to C/CAG’s proposed carpool lanes, converting existing 101 lanes into express lanes would carry 75 percent more people in 10 percent fewer vehicles, while costing less than one-tenth as much to build, according to TransForm. Although it seems un-intuitive that a Highway 101 with an additional standard travel lane would end up more congested than converting an existing lane to a carpool lane, it works because the variable fee charged to solo drivers ensures that as many solo drivers are always in the carpool lane as possible without congesting it. Because the new express lanes, or “variable-fee-for-solo-drivers-carpool-lanes”, would also provide a congestion-free lane for buses and carpoolers, the number of people using buses and carpooling would increase because they would be faster driving alone. This results in fewer total vehicles and thus less traffic congestion. The 75 percent more people in 10 percent fewer vehicles figures are based on the same assumptions used by C/CAG for other traffic analyses but include factors ignored in C/CAG’s June 2012 carpool lane feasibility study, such as demand variable with pricing and mode shift from solo driving to transit. Kott, the former C/CAG planner, said transportation agencies also usually neglect to account for factors such as growing demand for public and private transit, walking, bicycling, and the potential for Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs to provide financial incentives for non-driving commutes, since these are all relatively recent trends. “We’re still stuck in this mode of saying that all we can do is provide for private motor vehicle travel on our highways and that’s all we can forecast,” said Kott. “We can do multi-modal forecasts too, but we have to have the right assumptions.” The Bay Area’s first express lanes were added to Highways 680 and 237 in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission plans to build a total of 550 miles of them in the East and South Bay. But like C/CAG’s proposed Highway 101 carpool lanes, much of this network would be created by constructing new highway lanes, costing taxpayers several billion dollars and inducing more highway traffic. Transportation agencies say they won’t study express lane conversions because they’re banned by state law. Caltrans has also avoided carpool lane conversions since 1976, when poorly-implemented carpool lanes on Highway 10 in Santa Monica were used less than expected, worsening traffic congestion in the non-carpool lanes, leading to a public outcry and their subsequent removal. Toll lane conversions were then banned by the California Transportation Financing Authority Act of 2009, thus blocking Caltrans from approving them, even if the agency were to change its longstanding policy. But TransForm says that San Mateo County still has much to gain by studying the option, because it would be able to more accurately quantify the traffic reduction benefits of the express lanes and the cost savings they would provide. This is the first step to convincing the California Legislature to repeal the statewide ban on converting standard travel lanes to carpool lanes to address worsening traffic congestion, physical health, air quality, and climate change with a solution that actually works. “Our report outlines an innovative idea that our county and regional agencies should at least be allowed to consider,” said Hobson. “It’s time to improve upon the status quo — trying to pave our way out of congestion — that we know isn’t working anymore.” Filed Under: Congestion Pricing, Highway Expansion, HOV Lanes, Peninsula, Transportation Policy IrvinDawid Great article on a great study, thanks for writing, Andrew. One question on “Transportation agencies say they won’t study HOT lane conversions because they’re banned by state law. Toll lane conversions were banned by the California Transportation Financing Authority Act of 2009, thus blocking Caltrans from approving them, even if the agency were to change its longstanding policy.” I checked out AB 798/Nava, 2009 (Thanks for providing link). Why not convert a general purpose lane into a carpool lane as a back-up plan? From bill text: “….Nothing in this division shall allow the conversion of any existing nontolled or non-user-fee lanes into tolled or user-fee lanes, except for the conversion of high-occupancy vehicle lanes into high-occupancy toll lanes, consistent with the authorizations in Sections 149.1, 149.4, 149.5, 149.6, and 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code” abikecommuter Good article Andrew and timely study by Kott. Good to see: “Building the more expensive, less productive options would waste a lot of revenue from the county’s half-cent transportation sales tax, Measure A, that could be put to much better use.” Are there preliminary numbers you can put on “as well as new toll revenue, converted HOT lanes could provide a windfall of funds to improve non-driving commute options in San Mateo County, such as Caltrain, SamTrans, and the county’s disjointed bicycle and pedestrian network.” i.e. estimates of what could be available and where it could go? San Mateo County Officials Insist on Failed Strategy of Widening Highway 101 By Andrew Boone \| Jun 26, 2015 San Mateo County officials are moving forward with plans to widen Highway 101 in a futile attempt to pave their way out of traffic congestion. The City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) has dismissed a more effective and less costly proposal to avoid highway expansion by converting two existing traffic lanes to high-occupancy toll lanes, also known as express lanes. “If […] Ten Lane Widening Planned for Highway 101 in San Mateo County By Andrew Boone \| Jun 2, 2017 Still seeking to widen Highway 101 from eight to ten lanes, Caltrans and San Mateo County’s transportation agencies are now halfway through the required environmental review. At a community meeting on Wednesday evening, agency officials gave an update on the project [PDF] to widen the highway by adding express lanes, which allow buses and carpools […] San Mateo County Highway 101 Expansion Moves Ahead With Express Lanes By Andrew Boone \| Sep 8, 2016 San Mateo County’s effort to expand Highway 101 from eight to ten traffic lanes moves ahead next month when an $11.5 million update of the project’s environmental review begins. County transportation officials had planned since 2009 to expand the highway with standard carpool lanes, but agreed last year to consider installing Express Lanes as well, an […] San Mateo County Still Thinks the Wider the Better By Andrew Boone \| Mar 9, 2016 San Mateo County’s City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) is leaving an expansion of Highway 101 with new carpool lanes on the table, even after the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) concluded they will jam up with traffic the day they open. If constructed–by 2024 at the earliest–a 14-mile section of the highway from San Bruno to Redwood City would be widened from eight to […] San Mateo County TA Rejects Ped Safety Projects But Not Highway Expansions By Andrew Boone \| Oct 14, 2015 With $125 million to lavish on it’s Highway Program this year, the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (TA) has decided to spend $108 million on highway expansion projects while denying funds for major pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements [PDF]. On October 1, the TA Board approved $11 million to reconstruct the Holly/101 Interchange in San Carlos as a partial cloverleaf to accommodate higher traffic […] San Mateo’s Highway 101/92 Interchange Eyed for Expansion By Andrew Boone \| Nov 15, 2016 San Mateo County’s transportation agencies are forging ahead with environmental studies of new lanes, ramps, and overpasses to add to the already massive interchange at Highways 101 and 92 in the city of San Mateo. Building on four previous studies stretching back to 2001, a new $500,000 study completed in June analyzed 25 different traffic […]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4440
__label__wiki	0.815206	0.815206	Unsourced quotes, Characters, Males, Jinrou Natsuno Yuuki Name Kanji 結城夏野 Yuuki Natsuno Race Human (Originally) Shiki (Jinrou) Status Deceased Personal Status Occupation High School Student, Freshman (Formerly) Manga Debut Chapter 1 Anime Debut Episode 1 Seiyū Kōki Uchiyama Voice Actor Jerry Jewell "I've been dead for a long time." ―Natsuno's last words[src] Natsuno Yuuki (or Natsuno Koide) is one of the two main protagonists of Shiki. Originally a city dweller, he reluctantly moved to Sotoba with his parents. Although he hates life in the village, Natsuno decides to stop the Kirishikis' plans of a "shiki town" after he becomes one himself (he becomes a Jinrou, a subspecies of a shiki). His father's surname is Yuuki. However, his parents did not get married and he has his mother's surname. This makes his legal surname "Koide"; not "Yuuki", as some might assume. Natsuno is a young man with blue-violet hair, violet eyes and slightly tan skin. He would wear different clothing other than his school uniform, which shows his previous life as a city dweller. After he came back as a shiki, his skin gains a pale complexion with his hair in a darker tone. In addition, his eyes have become darker with a more cold expression and they lost their light glint. He also starts wearing darker clothing, as when he first approaches Toshio as a shiki, he wore a checkered, hooded jacket over a white blouse and black short pants with pink sneakers. Natsuno is a calm and highly intelligent individual, and he is often seen studying in his room. At first glance, he comes off as cold, quiet and uncaring, especially towards Megumi. However, he shows throughout the series that he is very caring of those he considers his friends, such as Tooru, Akira and Kaori. Tatsumi notes this, as Natsuno could have left the village once he learned of the Shikis, but decided to stay and take action against them. Natsuno takes a rational and logical approach to a problem at hand, especially when it comes to fighting the shiki, as Toshio Ozaki does. Natsuno demonstrates his rationality when he tells Masao off; and when he told Akira they couldn't rush down to their base, as they do not know how many shiki have risen (not to mention the issue of Tatsumi). After he comes back as a Jinrou, Natsuno accepts that he has died quickly and becomes more quiet, solitary and fearless, as he teams up with Toshio to take down the Shikis even when he knows what might happen to Tooru. Despite this, he is still shown to care about his friends as he saved Akira from a Shiki and reunited Kaori with her brother in a hospital that is near Sotoba. "You're imagining things, she's dead!" ―Natsuno sees visions of Megumi after her death[src] Megumi has a rather excessive relationship with Natsuno. The relationship, however, is one-sided, as he doesn't seem to care for her at all. While Megumi seems to have various fantasies about their relationship, she also hides in the bushes outside of his house so she can admire him from a far. In the first episode, Megumi is shown trying to send a letter to Natsuno. She kept rewriting the letter since she was never satisfied with them and they had to be perfect! She keeps chickening out and ends up not giving it to him at all. Megumi is shown trying to talk to Natsuno but he is rather annoyed by this and ignores her when she tries to talk to him. The only time he pays any attention to her at all is when she mentions wanting to leave the village for the city, which is his interest as well. When she dies, Kaori Tanaka comes to him and asks if she could give him a keepsake. He looks to the side, and tells her it wouldn't be right if he took it, since he didn't know Megumi particularly well and wasn't so close with her. It seems he does feel guilty about this in the end, later shown when he thinks back about her, calling her a "love-sick puppy" in the process. When Megumi kills Tohru for being closer to Yuuki than she ever was, whatever guilt he had over her death vanishes. He rips up her postcard that arrived after her death, due to Megumi's resurrection and her sudden confidence boost. He tears it in pieces and throws it outside his window, luring Megumi out into the open to confirm her resurrection and presence. Megumi does come as expected and begins to cry in disappointment while picking up some of the pieces before getting angry ready to cause more chaos, not to anyone's surprise. After Natsuno meets with the resurrected Tohru for the first time, Tohru begins to cry and runs away ashamed of his new self. Natsuno runs outside into the woods looking for him but gets confronted my Tatsumi. Tatsumi threatens to kill him for finding out about the Shikis' existance and fighting back against them, however he tells Megumi, whoms been listening to the whole conversation from behind a tree, to come out and do whatever she pleased with him. Megumi outstretches her arms towards Natsuno and begins walking up to him, willing to bite him, however Tohru comes out from the woods, grabbing him and biting into his neck. Megumi is shocked and despises Tohru even more now, accusing him of stealing Yuuki from her. Natsuno dies several days later. Megumi and Natsuno never meet again after this, as Natsuno doesn't join the Kirishikis and Megumi thinks he was cremated because he was originally from the city. Megumi still thinks about him even after and can't get over her love for him no matter how much she tried. When the war between the Shiki and Humans broke out, she had a feeling Natsuno was still alive and thought if he had been resurrected he would've saved them. Megumi wants to escape to the city. While crossing the road she gets distracted by a nostalgic flashback of Natsuno waiting for the bus, causing her to get caught by the villagers. Tohru Mutou " Why can't you act more like a vampire and less the guy I use to know " - Natsuno says to Tohru. Tohru is Natsuno's only true friend in the entire village of Sotoba. The two seem to have a close relationship, even though Natsuno doesn't show that much compassion. Their friendship began when Tohru noticed Natsuno's bike had a puncture and offered to patch it up. After that, Natsuno returned when he got another flat and their friendship blossomed. Despite being told by many that he has a cold attitude, Natsuno is shown to have strong emotional connections to Tohru as shown when Megumi bites him, during his wake, and when Tohru comes to attack him as a Shiki. After his death, Natsuno seems to bare a stronger hatred towards the Shiki. After rising, Natsuno and Tohru meet again. Though Tohru is happy to see him again, Natsuno tells him that he'll never forgive the shiki, including him as he was the one who killed him. Tohru asks him what he should do and Natsuno tells him to tell him about the shiki and what they're planning. "Aren't you afraid to die?" "I've been dead a long time." - The final words of Tatsumi and Natsuno Natsuno first encounters Tatsumi on the night Megumi bit his friend Tooru. Ever since that incident it is shown that Natsuno has a strong hatred towards the Shiki and Jinrou, particularly those two. After this first impression, Natsuno and Tatsumi's relationship never shifted from the frictional hatred they had for each other, even on their final breaths, despite how calm they were. Yuuki's father Yuuki is Natsuno's hard-working father. Their relationship seems to be a mixed balance between family love and awkward tension. Because Yuuki and Azusa reject social norms and aren't married, Natsuno has his mother's surname, which causes him some embarrassment and resentment. Despite having a seemingly cold attitude, Natsuno cares for his parents and is grateful to them, particularly when Yuuki crafts a comfier chair for Natsuno's desk. When bedridden, despite not understanding/wanting to acknowledge the situation, Yuuki became protective over his son and warded off any outside help as a precaution due to the strange ventriloquist Shiki who demanded entrance to the house before. After his wife left and Natsuno died, it is shown that Yuuki lost his sanity, most likely because his deceased child is risen and well. Even though he had become mentally unstable, his love for Natsuno is still strong, as shown when Tatsumi knocked on their door. Even whilst in this state, Natsuno more than likely still loved his father as he had returned home despite knowing he was now a Jinrou. Azusa Koide Natsuno's mother. They seem to have a neutral relationship just as he does with his father. Not much more is portrayed due to the lack of her appearence throughout the series, but they seem to be an average family that cares for each other. Azusa is shown to be a very considerate mother as she tells Natsuno he should take a break from studying and go out more. However, even if he went out, Natsuno was normally just studying at Tooru's, not to her knowledge though. Other Villagers "I don't like it. Everyone's always in everyone's business. Keeping tabs, taking notes, starting rumours." ―Second Decay He dislikes a majority of the villagers and thinks that everyone's too nosy and that they assign roles to everyone. When he met Kaori during Megumi's funeral when she tries to give Megumi's card to him, he didn't care about her and saw her as the same as the villagers. Later when he met her and her brother who were spying on the Kirishiki, he saved them for they were being watched by Tatsumi. It was when they start hanging out more to investigate the Shiki that Natsuno starts to consider her as a friend. He even tried to tell them to leave the village when he was bitten by Tooru. After he became a Jinrou, he made sure Kaori reunited with her brother. When he first met Akira, the young boy started to look up to him as a big brother figure and since then they started investigating the Shikis. After his "death", Akira was devastated, but nonetheless vowed to take action against the Shiki. Though Natsuno doesn't show it, he cares for Akira's well-being, even as a Jinrou. This is shown best when he saved Akira from a Shiki despite knowing it would reveal his existence to Tatsumi. Ritsuko Kunihiro After being mulled over by her dog, Natsuno and Ritsuko have a conversation about the village. He complains about her calling him Natsuno, though she says that she likes his name. He asks her why she doesn't leave the village since a nurse would have lots of job opportunities elsewhere, but she claims to like living in the village. He is one of the main protagonists in the series, a 15 year old boy who lives and attends school in Sotoba. He is in the same grade as Megumi. He moved to Sotoba last year. His parents preferred to live in the countryside, so they came to Sotoba. He hates living in the village and would prefer to be in the city. Originally a city dweller, Natsuno reluctantly moved to Sotoba with his parents when they wanted a change of environment. He is usually seen wandering around the bus stop, planning to return to the city one day. He often exhibits a cold exterior, especially disliking Megumi Shimizu, who has a crush on him. However he is friendly to some, such as the Tanaka children and especially Tooru, an amiable boy, who persistently tries to become his friend. Before the Uprise Before discovering the Shiki. Natsuno is shown to be living a normal life. He often studies in his room. He is also stalked by Megumi Shimizu, and he seems to dislike her. He isn't moved by her death, though he goes to her funeral. Before the funeral he is attacked by Taro, Ritsuko Kunihiro's dog. They discuss life in the village and how he wishes to leave. After talking to her, he goes to Megumi's funeral, but leaves before the burial, saying that it was too hot. He refuses when Kaori offers him Megumi's letter, saying that he didn't even know her. That night, while he's studying, he imagines Megumi hiding in the bushes, thinking about their relationship and that he hadn't given her any reason to think that he would ever like her. On August 21st, while studying, he sees bushes moving and decides to shut the window. On the 23rd of August, he is shown to be studying with the windows closed again. On the 24th of August, he ponders why he feels the need to close the windows even after Megumi had died. As he is about to open it, he imagines eyes watching him and doesn't open them. Discovering the Shiki Natsuno was the very first person to realize the existence of Shiki or "the risen", because of Megumi, who became a Shiki after death and continually stalked him. As a result of sleepless nights due to nightmares about Megumi, he had a sleepover at Tooru's place, where he witnessed Megumi biting Tooru. After Tooru's death, he was sure of the existence of Shiki and asked Toshio Ozaki, the village doctor, whether he thinks Megumi really died or not. Unfortunately, he wasn't taken seriously. However, still determined, he began to get suspicious of the Kirishikis who recently moved into Kanemasa, a castle on top of a hill. During an attempt to look out for anything unusual about them, he noticed the Tanaka children, Akira and Kaori watching the Kanemasa and being stalked by Tatsumi, a servant of the Kirishikis. He found out that they were also aware of Shiki and are hoping someone would believe them. Overjoyed, they decided to work together to prove the existence of Shiki to the adults. They began to dig up Megumi's grave to find that her corpse is missing. On their way back, they were attacked by a Shiki. Natsuno knocked the Shiki unconcious and were able to inspect it carefully. Then, they decided to leave the Shiki half-buried so people would find him and the village would be aware of their exsistence. As a result of Natsuno's father's carelessness, the Shiki were invited into the house. A resurrected Tooru visited Natsuno and tried to attack him, despite being unwilling to kill him. Natsuno tried to negotiate with Tooru but to no avail. Natsuno managed to run away from Tooru and was surrounded by Tatsumi and Megumi. In a state of confusion, he was unguarded and was bitten by Tooru. The next day, realizing what he was soon to become, he warned Akira and Kaori to stay away from him. Now completely hopeless, he willingly let Tooru bite him every night and soon, died. As a Jinrou, he never really died, just changed. His father called the city funeral home, mistakening him for dead. As they came, they found that he had woken up, so they got sent back with an empty coffin. Natsuno catches the bus. As he sits there, he begins to fall asleep. As he does this, he hears Megumi speaking to him. He jerks up and looks around, seeing her sitting in the seat ahead of him. He jumps up but when he looks again she's gone. He tries to reassure himself as he knows that she's dead. Getting off the bus, Tooru runs up to him. He notices how exhausted that he is and Natsuno asks if he can sleep at his house. Tooru agrees and says that he wanted to talk to him anyway. In Tooru's room, Tooru, while playing video games, warns Natsuno that he's going to make himself sick if he stays up studying for the entrance exams. Natsuno, half asleep, tells him that he didn't ask him and to stop calling him Natsuno. But he just replies "Sure, Natsuno." Tooru says that he has a favour to ask. He wants to ask Ritsuko to go on a drive with him on the weekend, but he's too nervous and wants him to come along when he asks. Natsuno says that she was already with him earlier when they drove, but Tooru clerafies that it would be more of a date. Natsuno doesn't think that it's a good idea and says that he should rethink what he's asking. Ritsuko's quite a bot older than Tooru and he doesn't think it's a good idea. Tooru's disappointed, making Natsuno feel bad. He finally gives in. Tooru is overjoyed and turns to hug him but Natsuno pushes him away with his foot. He says to cut out the physical affection. Natsuno says that he's really tired and begins to fall over onto Tooru's bed. He says goodnight but Tooru says to hold on, that he already has somewhere else comfortable that he can sleep, and that he can think of it as a bed away from home. In the middle of the night, Natsuno imagines Megumi sneaking into their room. As someone opens the door, though, it turns out to be Aoi who had come in to ask help with homework. As he begins to relax again, Megumi calls his name. He opens his eyes in shock and sees Megumi under the bed. She crawls out from under the bed, smiling. She seems happy until she notices Tooru. She doesn't like him because she is jealous of their relationship. She asks Tatsumi what he thinks and Natsuno realies that he is outside of their window. Megumi moves in to bite. Natsuno tries to call out for her to stop but he can't say anything. Natsuno tries again to convince himself that he was just dreaming when he seen Megumi. At school, he goes to Aoi and asks why Tooru's not at school again. apparently, he's playing hooky. Apparently, he got a new video game and can't detach himself from it. She asks if he's coming over and he says that he'll come over the next day. On his way to Tooru's, Toshio drives past Natsuno on his bike. He runs into Tooru's house and Natsuno quickly follows him. Toshio checks Tooru over as his family and Tooru crowd around him. Toshio announces that he's dead. Natsuno realizes that he hadn't been imagining Megumi and that she really had bit him. In his room, Azusa knocks on his door. She asks if he's ready to go to the wake. He says to go on ahead of him. She says she understands. As she's about to leave, she says that a postcard arrived in the mail for him. It's from Megumi. She thinks it's strange that he's just getting it now but he says that it probably just got lost in the mail. After she leaves he opens his window. He rips the postcard up and throws it out his window. He finds that Megumi did find the postcard are realizes that she was there with Tooru. She vows to not die so easily. Natsuno goes to the Mutou house and is greeted by Aoi. He asks where Tamotsu is and she says upstairs. Aoi asks if he went to Masao's wake and he says that he hadn't. She says that he's cold, but he says that he would have been unhappy if he had went. Upstairs, Tamotsu says that it's not normal to go to a mourning family's house and watch horror movies, but Natsuno says that a comedy wouldn't have been any better. Tamotsu asks if he likes these kinds of movies and he says that he doesn't. He then asks if he likes movies about people coming back to life and he looks back in surprise. Tamotsu explains that they have okiagari in the village. They rise up at night because they bury their dead in the village. They come to punish children. He jokes that his dad would say the okiagari would come get him if he didn't go to bed. September 22nd Natsuno goes to the library to look for books about okiagari or vampires, but there aren't any. He finds that Seishin took three vampire books out on August the 28th. At the temple, Natsuno is greeted by Miwako. She recognizes him as the son of Yuuki who moved in last year and says that she's seen him a couple times in the village. Shinmei looks at him as he lays in the bed behind her. Natsuno asks where Seishin is. She says that he's out on business. She says he should be back soon and says that she could make some tea. He politely declines and says that he was just wondering about the books. She apologizes for him interfering with his studies and says that he writes novels on the side and uses lots of books for study material. As Tatsumi spies on Kaori and Akira, Natsuno suprises them by asking what they're doing. He recognizes her as Megumi's friend. Natsuno says that they should get out of there. After they leave Kanemasa, Natsuno says that Tastumi was watching them from behind the trees. They are surprised and say they hadn't noticed. He asks what they were doing and why Akira has a bat, but then realizes that they think something's going on at Kanemasa as well. Akira begins to cry and hugs him in relief, saying that he's the first one to believe them. He pushes him away and says that they should find somewhere else to talk. Elsewhere, he says that he thinks they're okiagari. Akira agrees saying that he knows he seen Yasuyuki. Natsuno says that he seen Megumi. Kaori begins to cry. Kaori says that before Megumi died Megumi had said she seen Chizuru, as did Yasuyuki, though she still doesn't think that confirms anything. Natsuno says they have to make sure, by digging up Megumi's grave. They agree. As they have this conversation, Tatsumi listens as well. Natsuno and Toshio plan to kill the shiki. Natsuno tells him to include him as well. Toshio is shocked, but doesn't disagree. Tatsumi goes to Natsuno Koide's house. His father stabs him with a knife as he rings the doorbell. His father is overjoyed to have killed one of the undead, but the wound doesn't hurt him and Tatsumi asks to come in. Yuuki is happy to oblige. Natsuno asks what he wants he comments on his father and asks if he knows he's a werewolf. He already does and realizes that someone has been leaking information. He explains Jinrou more and asks what happened to Akira Tanaka and Iwao Maeda. Natsuno feigns ignorance, making Tatsuno furious. Tatsumi lifts Natsuno up by the neck. Like he suspected, Natsuno hadn't been drinking blood so he hadn't accessed the true powers of a werewolf. He says that he could kill him right them, but says that Sunako Kirishiki wants him as a comrade. He throws him back into his chair and tells him to come to their side. He sais that he cant decide right then anyway. Tatsumi says that he'll return the next morning. A New Jinrou After disappearing for a while, he reappeared as a jinrou, a superior sub-species of Shiki and worked together with Toshio Ozaki in order to annilihate Shiki. By preemptively biting Toshio and giving him the command to keep his own free will and never surrendering, it allowed Toshio to resist any hypnotism attempts from other Shiki such as Chizuru Kirishiki. Natsuno was also seen spying at night to search for clues and watching Toshio. "You don't have to do this. Aren't you afraid of dying?" "I've been dead for some time now." —Tatsumi's and Natsuno's last words in the anime In the final episode of the anime, Natsuno and Tatsumi fight each other, a conflict which leads to the two falling into a pit filled with dead shiki corpses—as Natsuno had planned, just in case the fall didn't kill them. Natsuno pulls out and lights a bomb. Tatsumi tells him that he needn't do this, questioning him; but Natsuno counters his question about being afraid to die—after all, he was already "dead for some time now." With that, the bomb explodes, presumably killing the two jinrou. In the manga, he fell into the pit along with Tatsumi; but it was implied that both of them simply died from the fall. Natsuno ignoring Megumi. Natsuno looking out his window. Natsuno as a jinrou The end—Natsuno plays his part Natsuno attending Megumi's funeral. Natsuno rejecting Megumi's gift. Natsuno feeling someone's eyes on him. Anime Appearances 0.1: Yoshie Kurahashi • Yasuyo Muramatsu • Yasuo Takashima • Towada • Tatsumi • Nao's father • Tsuruko Motohashi • Kitada • Ikebe • Cain • Akira Saeki • Chiyo • Ebuchi • Elders • Fujiyo Takano • Yuzuki • Mitsuo Tadokoro • Oitarou Satou • Shiki Girl • Yasuyo Hashiguchi • Tsurumi • Satoko Isaki • Sasaki • Nao's mother • Kiyomi Nagata • Katsue Tadokoro • Hayami • Gohei Takemura • Abel • Shimoyama • Yuki Shiomi • Miki Sekiguchi • Sumi • Mori • Setsu Maehara • Itoko Hasekura • Nara • Imaizumi • Ogawa • Hirotake Tamura • Waka Yamazaki • Juuzou Taki • Tomikou • Mikami • Takeda • Makoto • Oozawa • Nagata • Sasaki • Taniguchi • Tsuhara 0.2: Azusa Koide • Yuuki • Natsuno Koide 0.3: Seishirou Kirishiki • Chizuru Kirishiki • Sunako Kirishiki • Mr. and Mrs. Kirishiki 0.4: Tae Yano • Kanami Yano 0.5: Toshio Ozaki • Kyouko Ozaki • Takae Ozaki • Ozaki 0.6: Tamotsu Mutou • Aoi Mutou • Mutou • Tooru Mutou • Shizuko Mutou 0.7: Yoshikazu Tanaka • Sachiko Tanaka • Kaori Tanaka • Akira Tanaka • Love 0.8: Atsushi Ookawa • Tomio Ookawa • Kazuko Ookawa • Gigorou Ookawa • Namie Ookawa • Mizue Ookawa • Yutaka Ookawa • Choutarou Ookawa • Norie Ookawa • Shigeru Ookawa 0.10: Masaharu Koike • Yasuo Koike • Touko Koike • Ikuo Koike {{{title1}}} 1.1: Hirosawa • Toyoko Hirosawa • Takatoshi Hirosawa • Mayumi Hirosawa • Takeko Hirosawa • Takafumi Hirosawa 1.2: Sadaichi Tamo • Kiyo Tamo • Sadafumi Tamo • Hiroya Tamo • Sadaji Tamo • Satomi Tamo • Yuuko Tamo 1.3: Megumi Shimizu • Takeo Shimizu • Ryuuji Shimizu • Hiroko Shimizu • Tokurou Shimizu • Masaji Shimizu • Yumi Shimizu • Yuu Shimizu 1.4: Seishin Muroi • Miwako Muroi • Shinmei Muroi 1.5: Motoko Maeda • Shihori Maeda • Shigeki Maeda • Iwao Maeda • Tomiko Maeda • Isami Maeda • Tokio Maeda • Rika Maeda 1.6: Midori Kunihiro • Ritsuko Kunihiro • Yasue Kunihiro • Tarou 1.7: Giichi Yasumori • Kazunari Yasumori • Atsuko Yasumori • Kazuya Yasumori • Junko Yasumori • Tokujirou Yasumori • Setsuko Yasumori • Mikiyasu Yasumori • Nao Yasumori • Susumu Yasumori • Seiichirou Yasumori • Yoneko Yasumori • Kouji Yasumori • Hinako Yasumori 1.8: Masaki Tashiro • Rumi Tashiro • Takashi Tashiro 1.9: Yasuzou Matsumura • Yasuyo Matsumura 2.1: Hasegawa • Chiyomi Hasegawa 2.2: Itou • Ikumi Itou • Tamae Itou 2.3: Ishida • Chie Ishida 2.4: Seiji Matsuo • Yukako Matsuo • Yasushi Matsuo • Takashi Matsuo • Shizuka Matsuo • Jun Matsuo 2.5: Yoshihide Katou • Sumie Katou • Yukie Katou • Minoru Katou • Yuusuke Katou 2.6: Fuki Gotouda • Shuuji Gotouda • Kumi Gotouda • Kyouko Gotouda 2.7: Masaya Kusunoki • Shouji Kusunoki 2.8: Genichi Takemura • Michio Takemura • Mune Takemura • Tatsu Takemura 2.9: Yaeko Ootsuka • Kichigorou Ootsuka • Takayuki Ootsuka • Hiroko Ootsuka • Yasuyuki Ootsuka 2.10: Gouzou Oota • Kenji Oota • Michiyo Oota Retrieved from "https://shiki.fandom.com/wiki/Natsuno_Koide?oldid=16682" Unsourced quotes 3 Sunako Kirishiki	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4444
__label__cc	0.513355	0.486645	The Collective founder Reza Merchant [Credit: The Telegraph] News Supplier The Collective to open Canary Wharf co-living space 15th May 2019 Paul Stevens 0 Comments Canary Wharf, Reza Merchant, The Collective London: Co-living property startup The Collective has announced its second “co-living space” in Canary Wharf will open in July, with rooms available to rent on a nightly basis. The co-living concept is a more upmarket version of the student-accommodation model, where one pays for a room and shared facilities, such as a kitchen, bar, cinema, wellness centre, pool and a gym. It principally aims to target millennials who have grown wary of negligent landlords and who may not want to enter into a flat-share arrangement. Renters are able to stay at the first Collective scheme in Old Oak in Northwest London for a minimum period of four months. Meanwhile, rooms will be on offer at the firm’s Canary Wharf space in East London for up to £100 a night, or £325 a week. Those seeking a short-term tenancy agreement but prefer to have their own kitchen and facilities can stay in a growing number of apart-hotels that are popping up in the capital. This includes The Moorgate in the City, which has 27 suites costing from £200 a night, or £1,402.80 a week. Paul Sandilands of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands architects told The Times: “In London apart-hotels, previously known as serviced apartments, were a big thing in the 1980s. They came with bland, basic, dated interiors, and a lot were converted into private residences. “The uncertainty in the sales market means less people are committing to buying property, but while in a state of ‘wait and see’ they don’t necessarily want to be tied into long tenancies. Increasingly, build-to-rent landlords are stipulating standard three-year tenancies, so apart-hotels with the option of short stays are appealing,” he added. The Collective founder Reza Merchant said that the demand for short-term rentals is a growing reflection of the differences in the way in which we work and live nowadays. He said: “Organisations are moving away from a ‘face time’ culture to a ‘have your freedom and work from wherever you want as long as you deliver results’ culture. Where we live is no longer just our place of residence; we can ‘live’ in multiple places all over the world and perhaps never spend longer than a few days in each. “What remains unchanged is our need for a sense of belonging, the ability to connect with like-minded people and a place that we can call home, which is why co-living is everything from one night to 365,” he added. Merchant is also launching a further three Collective projects in New York. For more information, visit The Collective website here. ← City Relay to add second London Reception Space Applications open for VrTech Start-Up contest → Short-term rental homeowners in Jamaica urged to explore hosting liabilities 18th October 2018 Paul Stevens 0 Inaugural regulations conference to be held in Texas 5th June 2019 Paul Stevens 0 Antitrust watchdog in Japan ends inspection into Airbnb operations	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4449
__label__wiki	0.921789	0.921789	Shurooq launches Al Hisn Island project in the Eastern Region New development projects worth AED1 billion in the Eastern and Central Regions This brings the total number of announced projects in the Eastern Region to three, following the recently announced AED420 million The Chedi Khorfakkan Resort. Over AED500 million has been allocated for investment in both Kalba Eco-tourism project and Al Hisn Island in Dibba Al Hisn. The announcement was made by H.E. Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Shurooq, who stated during an interview with Live Broadcast on Sharjah Radio yesterday (Wednesday) that the new project in Dibba Al Hisn is a leisure and tourism project that will… August 2, 2012 Developments Splash Park in Al Majaz Waterfront opens for public Park offers a safe and refreshing recreational water play environment for children up to 12 years Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) opened Splash Park within Al Majaz Waterfront, on Thursday 21 June. The Park provides children and their families a safe and fun recreational environment that combines unique architectural designs with safety, maximum stability, and fun-filled entertainment. Splash Park is a fully automated, zero-depth aquatic play area suitable for the entire family, from toddlers to adults, as well as for children with special needs. State-of-the-art technology reduces water consumption through sequenced activation and low-flow hypodermic technology. Speaking about the… July 9, 2012 Developments Shurooq announces opening one direction of Sharjah Corniche Road next Sunday Construction works in Sharjah Corniche road scheduled for completion by end of July H.E. Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Shurooq announced that the road will be open in one direction only until the construction work on the other lane completed. Al Sarkal said the two-way street would be opened when construction work is completed by end of next July 2012. Al Sarkal clarified that the development of Sharjah Corniche Street (Al Bahr) is one of the strategic projects that are being implemented to ease the flow of traffic in Sharjah. He added commuters might not feel improvement in… May 29, 2012 Developments H.H Sheikh Sultan inaugurates Phase 1 of Kalba Eco-tourism Project eleases 18 "Damani" gazelles and attends the release of predatory birds in Al Ghail Fort The gazelles release marks the inauguration of the first phase of the "Kalba Eco-tourism Project" undertaken by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) in collaboration with the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) in Sharjah and the International Conservation Services. . His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah also attended the release of a number of predatory birds in Al Ghail Fort, affiliated to the Kalba Eco-tourism Project, during which 21 falcon species were released. The falcon species included AlHur, Shaheen, Al Wakri, Hawk falcon,… Shurooq announces “Kalba Eco-Tourism project”, the largest of its kind in the region Landmark project to feature natural reserves, hotels and commercial facilities In cooperation with the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) The announcement was made by H.E. Marwan Bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Shurooq, during a press conference, which was held yesterday (Tuesday) on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2012. The press conference was held in the presence of Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) in Sharjah, Abdullah Saif Al Yamahi, Chairman of the Kalba Municipal Council, Tim Rundle, Director of the International Conservation Services, a number of officials… May 1, 2012 Developments Al Majaz Waterfront wins Sharjah Tourism Excellence Award 2012 Al Majaz Waterfront was opened to public in December last year, and was officially inaugurated by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, last month. Al Majaz Waterfront is situated in the emirate's most vital residential district on the picturesque Khalid Lagoon, between Jamal Abdul Nasser Street and the Khalid Lagoon Corniche, a highly populated area with an estimated population of 100,000 people. The emirate's newest tourist destination managed to attract a large number of residents, visitors and tourists in the past few months. Speaking on… April 28, 2012 Developments Sharjah Ruler inaugurates Al Majaz Waterfront His Highness Ruler of Sharjah, accompanied by Their Highness and Excellencies, made an inspection tour of the project's facilities and listened to a brief about the future ambitions of this new tourism destination. HE Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority "Shurooq", extended heartfelt thanks to His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, for his generous patronage of various projects developed by "Shurooq". Her Excellency thanked the work team for their outstanding efforts which significantly contributed to making the project a success". "Since "Shurooq was… March 27, 2012 Developments Al Majaz Waterfront draws 250,000 visitors in just two months Seven new restaurants and cafes overlooking Sharjah Fountain opened to public Shurooq revealed that Al Majaz Waterfront, its first and newest project, which opened in December, last year, has attracted more than 250,000 in January and February 2012. The waterfront boasts seven new restaurants and cafes that overlook the Sharjah Fountain, most of which opened their branches in Sharjah for the first time. These restaurants include T.G.I Friday's, Pizzaro, Fat Burger, Baja Fresh, Caribou Coffee, Tim Hortons cafe and Cold Stone. Plans are underway to open more restaurants and cafes, namely Zahr El Laymoun Restaurant, Al Manazeh and Cafe De… Installation of Sharjah Fountain at Al Majaz Waterfront commences Scheduled for completion in November The Sharjah Fountain project is part of Shurooq's plan to develop Al Majaz Waterfront into a state-of-the-art leisure and tourism complex that offers services and facilities in compliance with the highest international standards. Speaking on the occasion, Shurooq CEO HE Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal said that Sharjah's Fountain, measuring 100 meters high and 220 meters wide, will be the largest of its kind in the region. He added that it will comprise of two large water displays as well as sound, light and laser techniques. Al Sarkal stated that Shurooq's Al Majaz Waterfront Development… January 23, 2012 Developments Al Majaz Waterfront to offer a Splash Park zero-depth aquatic play area Al Sarkal: Splash Park is a safe and refreshing recreational water play system for children and their families The 800-square metre Splash park will be a fully automated, zero-depth aquatic play area suitable for the entire family, from toddlers through to adults, as well as for children with special needs. The state-of-the-art technology will optimise water consumption through sequenced activation and low-flow nozzle technology. Speaking of the innovative system, Shurooq CEO H.E Marwan Bin Jassim Al Sarkal said, "The Splash Park facility that will be opening at the Al Majaz Waterfront by the end of the year is a unique… October 18, 2011 Developments	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4451
__label__cc	0.682792	0.317208	December 2016 Open Thread By tlambert on December 1, 2016. More thread. Brent Thread By popular request. Comments from Brent and folks arguing with him are cluttering up more useful discussions. All comments by Brent and responses to comments by Brent should go in this thread. I can't move comments in MT, so I'll just delete comments that appear in the wrong thread. El Gordo Thread By popular request. Comments from El Gordo and folks arguing with him are cluttering up more useful discussions. All comments by El Gordo and responses to comments by El Gordo should go in this thread. I can't move comments in MT, so I'll just delete comments that appear in the wrong thread. Ray thread This thread is for people who wish to engage Ray in discussion. Ray, please do not post comments to any other thread. Everyone else, please do not respond to Ray in any other thread. Jonas Thread By popular request, here is the Jonas thread. All comments by Jonas and replies to his comments belong in this thread. More evidence that we are approaching critical tipping points in terms of massive amounts of carbon stored in the soil being released into the atmosphere in this new Nature piece co-authored by a team at Yale and the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, by my friend and colleague Tom Crowther: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v540/n7631/full/nature20150.html http://news.yale.edu/2016/11/30/losses-soil-carbon-under-global-warming… Yes people, the situation is profoundly serious. One look at the current situation with the Cryosphere and its clear that we are entering a period of severe consequences. As an aside, Tom Crowther, the lead author of the Nature, piece, and I am both writing a separate paper together on Arctic ice extent and Polar Bear demographics as part of a broader study on advocacy. I have also assembled some of the world's leading scientists in various aspects of the field as co-authors on this manuscript and look forward to submission of the paper soon. I am still waiting for the small brainless assemblage of AGW deniers on Deltoid to write and submit their epic study on climate. But wait - none of these people are actual scientists?!?! That doesn't stop them writing all sorts of piffle up here in which they appear to suggest they know more than 97% of the climate science community. By Jeff Harvey (not verified) on 02 Dec 2016 #permalink Jeffie dear, you constantly inventing your own reality, in this case about what 97% of the climate scientists believe, is as always like watching a car crash. Fascinating yet scary and awful. Don't forget to add your "first hand spider" as a proxy in your new groundbreaking advocacy piece. ;-) And like I have told you so many times before; I don't deny AGW. :-) By Olaus Petri (not verified) on 02 Dec 2016 #permalink Olaus, you scientifically illiterate fool, you don't deny AGW, you downplay it. Which is just as bad. And on what academic pillar of wisdom do you downplay it? None. Nada. Nix. You have no relevant qualifications. My guess is that you work in a factory or a bank. Cerainly nowhere near a university or research institute. Moreover, the 97% is based on Cook et al. (2013), but there have been 5 other studies censusing climate scientists in which the percentages supporting AGW theory are between 91% and 97% (mean of 94%). As for my new advocacy piece, there's a good chance that I will get an op-ed in a paper like the New York Times. Ouch! That must hurt you, eh? You forget that I am a leading scientist and well known around the world. And my co-authors are veru well known scientists as well. When is a nothing like you going to write their first scientific article? Lastly, are you even vaguely able of coming up with your own original insults or or you so dumb that you are only capable of copying other idiots like Betula? Come on Mr. Meatball. Step up to the plate for once and show us all how clever you are. Yes Jeff, The NT is a good outlet for your advocacy piece. Why shouldn't it? And it doesn't hurt at all if you get it published, but it confirms my view that the body of climate science has been infested by politics and ideology, and why viruses like you are able to distort it. Viruses like me? HA! HA! HA! You are such a fucking idiot. No, climate science is a healthy field with almost unanimous agreement among researchers as to the reality of AGW, its seriousness, and that urgent measures are needed to mitigate it. Its vile scum that you support, deniers from greenwashing think tanks and lobbying groups affiliated with the fossil fuel lobby, who are the viruses. You seem to actually think that the science is on your side. This is how totally and utterly twisted you and other deniers are. Its amazing that I stand alongside pretty well the entire scientific community in asserting my views, as a senior and leading scientist. While I am it, read the following interview with my colleague and friend Tom Crowther published today in the Independent. Yes, Tom is a young and highly talented scientist. Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it. Let the message sink in. Loud and clear. AGW is a profound threat to humanity. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/donald-trump-climate-change-p… Hey Hardley, I read your linked article. Much like you, it says nothing.....and confirms it. By Betula (not verified) on 02 Dec 2016 #permalink Still more perspectives of the rapid increase in warming. I am having fun crushing Olaus, so why not continue. These figures reveal in clarity (1) that the rise in temperatures is linear or above linear since the 1980s and is very steep; (2) that there is no hiatus. It was a mathematical construct used by deniers as part of their attempts to greenwash the data. I have said this before but it's well worth repeating: the deniers are consistently moving the goalposts. In the 1990s AGW was a myth, then around 200-2005 it was natural then around 2007 there was a supposedly imminent mini-ice age, or at least cooling, then in 2013 there was a hiatus, and now its either asserted that there is data tampering or else the GMT is leveling off. Against this background are the views of pretty well the entire scientific community: AGW is very real, the warming is ongoing, and it represents a serious threat. Here's Tom Crowther speaking in the Independent: "Our study shows that this major feedback has already certainly started, and it will have a significant impact on the climate in the coming decades. This information will be critical as we strive to understand how the climate is going to change in the future. And it will also be critical if we are to generate meaningful strategies to fight against it.” https://www.google.nl/search?q=2016+warmest+year&biw=1670&bih=790&sourc… OK Betula, oh great God of wisdom and tree pruner, what Dunning-Kruger infused expertise has endowed you with the wisdom to dismiss a major study in Nature? Inhaling too many bark fumes from your sawdust? Get lost, asshole. Hardley, it's easy to dismiss an article that, in summary, says absolutely nothing. It's like dismissing you... Just had a great laught with Tom, lead author of the Nature paper, when I told him that a tree pruner dismissed the signifciance of his article. He was literally on the floor. Speaking of Olaus claiming that climate science is infested with politics and ideology, that is certainly true. The far ene of the poltiical right has been going on about a UN-mandated global socialist conspiracy for years. Its hi,arious, but this is what they do when they are clutching at straws. Bart Verheggen told me that one of the prominent denier bloggers, Jeff Id, told him that AGW is a socialist or communist plot to create a world, government. So yes, Olaud, loonies that you like sure have political agendas. More here: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/business-spectator/is-climate-… Again, our resident tree pruner, who has never been near a science lecture in his life, and who has never done any research, summarily dismisses a major study without a shred of evidence. Again, my anology above using the planet's shape is appropriate. I present stacks of papers and evidence supporting the theory that the planet is largely spherical, and Betula, without any supporting evidence simply says, 'No its not' in response. This is how deniers debate. Next we will be told by Betula that the moon is made out of green cheese because, well heck, Betula likes green cheese. No evidence needed. He says it and its so. Presented with a pile of refuting evidence, he will reply, 'sorry, but its made out of green cheese'. Blogs are wonderful vehilcles for tree pruners and other assorted laymen to parade their ignorance but who try and camouflage it in some mysterious self-taught expertise. They are anonymous, they can say what they like and then flee the scene. They can dismiss the thousands of peer-reviewed studies and scientific consensus with the simple refrain of, "I disagree and you're wrong". This is their standard behaviour here and on other blogs. On Hotwhopper deniers are a bit bolder but no less stupid and vacuous. The scientific debate is over. AGW is real and we are in the phase that urgent measures are needed to deal with it. Simpletons like Betula and Olaus can stay in their self-imposed ignorance all they like, but one thing they cannot change is the opinion of the scientific community by-and-large. Let's see... 1. The brilliant scientist's (after all these years) "haven't taken into account a major source of carbon in the environment"....that which is in the soil. Sort of like forgetting the affect of the oceans... 2. These same scientists are sure that "Global warming is beyond the point of no return"....and DT's "stance" will take it to a more catastrophic point of no return...because it's a "stance". This is what happens when scientists blend their ideology with vague conclusions to paint a futuristic picture they determined to fact. 3. The scientists conclude that as the climate warms, the soil organisms become more active... So soil organisms are to benefit from warming, which of course, is worse than if they didn't benefit.... 4. And this gem...."This information will be critical as we strive to understand how the climate is going to change in the future" So they admit they aren't sure how the climate is going to change in the future... 5. "These effects of climate change will certainly be felt disproportionately by poorer people" So they are attempting to understand the change, which changes as they begin to understand the things they didn't take into account..... but they are "certain" that what they don't understand will affect people based on wealth distribution. Again....ideology mixed with vagueness. 6. "There’s a nice analogy; if you step in front of an oncoming bus, no doctor in the world can tell you how damaging the impact is going to be." But we've already stepped in front of the bus...we've reached "the point of no return". Of course, if you stepped in front of an oncoming solar powered bus, then you would have nothing to worry about... I love scientific analogies. Scientific conclusion reached from this article: We need to redistribute wealth to the poor nations in order to prevent damage from a point of no return that may possibly possibly become a worse point of no return based on things we forgot to consider, a "stance" that hasn't materialized yet, a strive to understand how climate will change and a story about a bus. Thanks for the laughs Hardley. Betula is up to it again. Let me see where it begin debunking his kindergarten-level analysis of the Independent interview; note he won't go close to the Nature study because its well above his pea-sized brain. It is fun annihilating the bullshit people like Betula spew out. Its just a shame that I cannot do this in front of a large audience. Watching him laughed out of the venue would make my year. I will dismantle his arguments one by one, not hard since I am a million times more qualified than him. 1. The scientists conclude that as the climate warms, the soil organisms become more active… Betula's interpretation: "So soil organisms are to benefit from warming, which of course, is worse than if they didn’t benefit…." Who says that increased activity is beneficial for them or especially for communities and for abiotic processes? Is it beneficial for bacteria? Soil invertebrates? What about the physiological costs of increased activity? What about increased respiration in the soil? Changes in phenological patterns? Asymmetrical temporal interactions? Increased mortality as turnover speeds up? Consequent effects on atmospheric gases? This statement alone reveals Betula does not understasnd BASIC soil ecology. But he thinks he does. Therein lies the rub. 2. "This information will be critical as we strive to understand how the climate is going to change in the future” Betula: "So they admit they aren’t sure how the climate is going to change in the future…" We know that its warming well outside of the range of natural forcings. The uncertainty lies in how much and to what extent these kinds of feedbacks will accelerate the rate of warming. If, as the paper shows, we are close to tipping points in which carbon stored belowground is suddenly and rapidly rleased into the atmosphere as a result of melting, then there will be unanticipated nasty surprises. This is what characterizes global change scenarios. Ecosystems are complex adaptive systems. The scientific community is working hard to unravel this complexity. This does not mean that we don't know what will happen. We know that it is warming due to human activities. How much the warming will be reinforced by these positive feedbacks is unclear. But we are approaching tipping points. More easy debunking of our mentally challenged pruner. Note how he, like other deniers, plays the uncertainty gambit: that is, if we don't know everything then we must know nothing. These clots do it all the time. I have spent the past 20 years responding to their bullshit. The uncertainty gambit is one of tgheir most desperate tactics. 3. "These effects of climate change will certainly be felt disproportionately by poorer people” Betula: "So they are attempting to understand the change, which changes as they begin to understand the things they didn’t take into account….. but they are “certain” that what they don’t understand will affect people based on wealth distribution". Naturally, since poor nations do not possess the technologies necessary to stave off the effects of AGW. This one is a no-brainer. 4. “There’s a nice analogy; if you step in front of an oncoming bus, no doctor in the world can tell you how damaging the impact is going to be. But we’ve already stepped in front of the bus…we’ve reached “the point of no return. Of course, if you stepped in front of an oncoming solar powered bus, then you would have nothing to worry about" Betula : "I love scientific analogies". The anology is entirely appropriate. Even if there was only a 10% cance that scientists were correct in assuming serious consequences of the failure to address AGW on both the natural and material economies, it would be prudent to act. But the vast majority of the scientific community consider the negative consequences of inaction on AGW as being much greater than 10%. Yet idiots like birch bark pruner man think its worth throwing the dice and hoping that we roll a certain number. He does this on the basis of possessing not even a basic understanding of what he is talking about. His first comment that I easily debunked, about the alleged benefits of increased biological activity of soil biota in a warming world, is a case in point. He thinks its a good thing, simply because in his uneducated worldview increased biological activity = good and less biological activity (or dormancy) = bad. In this one statement alone he completely ignores a vast amount of knowledge on the relationship between the soil and the atmosphere and on vital processes such as soil respiration. I am being kind when I simply say that he is way, way out of his depth. I am sure that Betula is so confident of his expertise in virtually everything that he also writes into medical blogs discussing the latest cancer treatments or techniques for brain surgery. He is Dunning-Kruger in textbook fashion. The most hilarious thing is that he thinks he can go toe-to-toe with me on ecophysiology. I have a PhD in related fields but this doesn't stop this idiot from thinking he knows what he is talking about. As I said, his comments on biological activity in the soil alone shows how stupid he is. Whew! That was fun. Poor Hardley - Responds to my statement with more questions and no answers, other than to reaffirm his love for himself. Like I said, it's easy to dismiss something that says nothing. As I said, Betula, you confirm the statements of great scholars: "Ignorance begets confidence more often than knowledge" (Charles Darwin); "A greater threat than ignorance is the illusion of knowledge" (Stephen Gawking). You don't have a clue what you are talking about. You have never studied ecology or environmental science, and certainly you know nothing about biotic properties of soil ecosystems. Yet you feel supremely confident in dismissing a major paper in the world's leading journal by a huge team of researchers based primarily at Yale University. This important paper has received intense media attention across the globe, and along comes a tree pruner with no relevant expertise and voilà! It's trashed. You are pathetic. Of course, I wasn't expecting you to discuss the effects of warming on the metabolism and on the biological activity of protists, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, other micro and macro invertebrates as well as in abiotic properties as of course I was well aware of your scientific illiteracy years ago. I expected you to try, and fail, to dismiss the significance of this study based on your pre determined views of the world. As predicted, you wrote a lot of gobbledegook and then hammered your chest like the Silverback gorilla that you think you are. Again, what a pathetic specimen you are Betula. And finally, as I said before, you use the old denier meme of suggesting that if we don't know everything then we don't know anything at all. On this basis you then dismiss an entire field of scientific enquiry in order to argue that AGW is an unproven hoax. You are like one of the three monkeys that 'hears no evil'. I am sure you truly believe the bullshit that you write up here. Yet as soon as the discussion goes beyond a millimetre deep in terms of scientific content you resort to the smear and dismiss canard. You are a pile of contradictions Betula. You banged on for months about the death of this blog but then you come back again to feebly try - and fail of course - to dismiss a profoundly important new study. At the same time you think that you can take on scientists trained in relevant fields, including me, and win. Not in a million years. Hardley - "And finally, as I said before, you use the old denier meme of suggesting that if we don’t know everything then we don’t know anything at all" Just because you think something, it doesn't mean I said it.....much like you think the ideological driven article you linked gives you insight to a catastrophic-only future....which it doesn't. Class dismissed. How can a schmuck like you dismiss anyone with your complete lack of education in relevant fields? Your inability to understand basic ecology is the problem, combined with your massive overestimation of your knowledge. Your comment about the benefits of increased biological activity in the soil were straight out of the know nothing handbook. But you are good at that since you have no expertise whatsoever. Give it a break Betula. You are way out of your league in these debates. It tires me being forced to lower myself to this level. Hardley, there is a reason you're talking to an empty classroom....it's you. Hmmm. Empty classroom? You mean the 75 students I lectured to in Lethbriade last week or the 23 students in my course? Or how about the 100 plus in my annual Wageningen university lecture? Actually, you idiot, its you who is speaking to an empty classroom. Unless I include your family, a few friends and the people who work for you and have to listen to your kindergarten level rants. You really are a loser. Ideological Ramblings 101 doesn't count....it's a required course in all progressive asylums.. If ideological ramblings don't count then how come you are in the asylum? The asylum with a big sign over it 'Trumpton Towers'. By Lionel A (not verified) on 03 Dec 2016 #permalink Well said, Lionel. Betula needs a faith healer or a hypnotist to cure of him of then Dunning-Kruger syndrome, of which he is severely infected. Despite the fact that he is an uneducated buffoon in relevant fields, he thinks he knows more than the 30 authors of the Nature paper and of the soil ecologists at Yale University. Hence a cursory dismissal of their Nature paper here. Why such intellectual luminaries are stuck pruning trees for a living is anyone's guess, given their massively bloated egos. Heck, Betula should be President of the Ecological Society of America, A fellow of the American Geophysicists Union and the AAAS, a multiple Nobel prize winner and have at least 300 papers to his name. Yet he's... pruning trees. There really is no justice in this world. Hey Hardley. I was just looking at the average weather at Algonguin Park over the past 12 years (the weather station went into operation in 2004)......of course, this is something a genius ideological driven professor such as yourself, would refer to as "climate". http://www.algonquinpark.on.ca/visit/general_park_info/algonquin-park-w… Good news, so far it looks like the spiders are hanging in there! Stop the presses, global warming has stopped, Hawaii gets snow!. Well that is what we are going to hear from the 'usual supsects' er long. And the sun has left us in the dark now here in UK at 1800 04/12/16, clearly the sun has vanished so that is why it has snowed in Hawaii as temperatures plummet. What the 'no warmings since nnnn brigade', don't wish to tell you about.. Look up Extreme Ice Survey and get a copy of 'Chasing Ice', watching Balog in action fighting horrendous pain from the slow disintegration of both knee joint make you realise what jerks the Moncktons, MacIntyres, Currys, Roses, Moranos, Ridleys, Peisers, Bastardis, Bolts, Bookers, Delingpoles, Idsos, Legates, Ebells, Lamar Smiths, Tom Harrises, Will Happers, Michaels, Lomborgs, Novas, Montfords, Sons and the whole host of armchair deniers are. As well as the usual suspects here. Hey Betula, Still wallowing in your smug self-professed superiority based on absolutely no qualifications? And what the f* does a 12 year data set in a tiny part of the biosphere have to do with anything? Oh yeah, I forgot, You are uneducated. I must keep driving that home. You have no relevant qualifications in any area of science. Hence why you continually conflate stochastic and deterministic processes, and have no clue about the relevance of spatial and temporal scales. Oh and your recent discussion of soil ecosystems was beyond abominable. You are amusing though, in that you think you are clever. You really do. Its a form of insanity. For your pea-sided brain Betula, here is a lesson. Perhaps this is even too much for you... given you are starting grade one in terms of science. http://study.com/academy/lesson/temporal-spatial-scales-of-climate-chan… "Jeffie dear, you constantly inventing your own reality, in this case about what 97% of the climate scientists believe" So what is "reality", lappers, and how do you know it's that??? Or do you have nothing? It's the "have nothing" thing, isn't it. By Wow (not verified) on 05 Dec 2016 #permalink "1. The brilliant scientist’s (after all these years) “haven’t taken into account a major source of carbon in the environment”….that which is in the soil." Nope, they include that. But the dirt's carbon content has how much effect on the climate, betty? Or don't you know, only how to yap at your betters? (note the lack of the contraction there: it's not better's, just like it's not scientist's) "2. These same scientists are sure that “Global warming is beyond the point of no return”" Yup, so what? Do you have any proof they're wrong? Or is it more yapping? "So soil organisms are to benefit from warming, which of course, is worse than if they didn’t benefit…." So botulisum, being an organism, is a benefit to your body??? Or are you blind to half of reality? "So they admit they aren’t sure how the climate is going to change in the future…" Yup. And if they didn't say that, you'd be whining about how they can't know the future absolutely. Just empty whining. "So they are attempting to understand the change" Ah, so learning is your problem. Anyone trying to learn is somehow a bad person, to be ignored and their claims reversed. "But we’ve already stepped in front of the bus…we’ve reached “the point of no return”." Yup. Means there's no way back in the foreseeable future. But we can stop making it worse and slow down the change. Or is adapting to our actions' consequences something you loathe? "Scientific conclusion reached from this article: We need to redistribute wealth to the poor nations in order to prevent dama..." Where? No quote marks indicating this. And indeed nothing you claim is wrong with it, even if it were the case. Despite all this belittling of Jeff, nowhere does StuPid get on their case for their ruining of any chance of someone accepting the frothing mania of the AGW deniers' claims. Funny that. Hardley - "And what the f* does a 12 year data set in a tiny part of the biosphere have to do with anything?" It has to do with the funny fact that 12 years of "weather" in Algonquin is apparently insignificant, yet, when you spot a spider in Algonquin (while your partner gets frostbite).... a few seconds suddenly becomes "witnessing climate change first hand". It has to do with the way you reach a conclusion first, and then form an answer to fit your ideology... It has to do with the fact that you are a proven fraud and need to hide behind an ego hoping people won't notice... It has to do with proving how easy it is to dismiss a fraud... Wow - "But the dirt’s carbon content has how much effect on the climate, betty? Or don’t you know" We are talking about the future climate so the answer is no, I don't know, and neither do they. At least we can agree with the scientists on this point. Wow - "So botulisum, being an organism, is a benefit to your body???" I get it...it's only the organisms deemed detrimental that are predicted to become more active due to warming. That's Wow's science for you.... makes sense. Wow - "But we can stop making it worse and slow down the change." Strange, you admit ("Yup") that they don't know how climate is going to change, but you are sure we can stop making what they don't know worse... Wow - ( in regard to redistributing wealth to poorer nations that apparently will be disproportionately affected) - "Where? No quote marks indicating this" It stands that if they are more affected because they are poor, they would be less affected if they were wealthy. Obviously, you have never been mistaken for a genius... Sigh. I didn't spot a spider. I saw many thousands of invertebrates including Collemboles active a full month ahead if their normal activities. Where do I begin dismantling your simplistic drivel? It's easier speaking to a class of BSc students because they at least have a basic grounding in science. Your education, Betula, is stuck in primary school. I always am forced to lower myself to the lowest common denominator with you. There is abundant evidence across the northern hemisphere that winters are becoming milder, with less days of sub zero temperatures and frosts. These patterns are being revealed at local and global scales over decades. It is clear that over the past century Algonquin Park is experiencing warmer winters. Appreciably. This does not mean that over shorter time frames - like your 12 year example - that significant trends will be elucidated. But there is NO doubt whatsoever that since the 1980s it has been warning and warming rapidly. The winter of 2012 was embedded in this period, and if one goes back even only 50 years then such warm winters were non existent. Invertebrates are ectotherms and respond to temperature. That many thousands of invertebrates that would normally be dormant or in diapause were active in mid winter in a location normally in a deep freeze is alarming. I only saw these along a transect, meaning that there must have been a stupendously larger number active throughout the region. Whatever the fuck you think, and I know that isn't a great deal, it was not normal. It was exceptional. There is a large and growing literature base on the effects of warming on species activity, phenology and trophic interactions. You just choose not to read it and probably wouldn't understand it if you did, owing to your willfull ignorance. The worst thing about you Betula is a combination of your closed mindedness, exacerbated by your lack of relevant education and political biases. It's a dangerous cocktail, with a large dose of Dunning-Kruger infused confidence thrown in. You can't reach up to my little toe in any if these scientific discussions but you are like a bad rash that won't go away. You belittle science that you know nothing about and you are so utterly intellectually incompetent that you don't realise it. And once again, Betula plays the "If we don't know everything then we don't know anything" canard in response to Wow. I totally exposed him on this, called him out on it, and yet voilà! He comes back with it. This exposes the limitations of blog debates. Betula's bullshit is repeatedly demolished yet he comes back over and over with the same points. Scientists don't know exactly in minute detail how the future climate will pan out, but we know with high confidence that increases in atmospheric concentrations of CO2 will drive temperature increases. And we are talking about scenarios that may have profoundly serious repercussions for mankind. Of course it's prudent to act, even if the chances of a calamity were only 10%. Betula is such a rank idiot. Off to work now after the latest demolition of Betula. And there he was, saying this blog is dead over and over. One can add hypocrisy to his other undesirable traits. Don't forget stupid, of course. Here are the kinds of vile scum that deniers like Betula, Olaus et al. worship. Willis Escehbach. I am sure that they won't claim he has an ego, because they worship at the temple of WUWT, itself full of egotistical blowhards. Eschenbach, with nary a relevant qualifcation to his name, has an ego the size of a redwood tree. Another piece of destritus that worships himself is James Delingpole, who set the ball roling with an article in the fascist rag Breitbart. Miriam at Hotwhopper puts Eschenbach's despicable nature into perspective. But Eschenback is not alone. Denier ranks are full of shit like him. http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2016/12/lying-willis-eschenbach-defames-and… "We are talking about the future climate so the answer is no, I don’t know," Then how can you claim it is important when you don't know what it means? "and neither do they." How do you know that? You just said you don't know! And ditto for the rest of your idiotic response, betty. For all your fake humility of "I don't know", you make a shitload of absolute knowledge claims. You must stop claiming things as if you know them when you don't know anything. Hardley - "I saw many thousands of invertebrates including Collemboles active a full month ahead if their normal activities" * Witnessed over the course of a few days...which apparently is witnessing "climate change first hand". Hardley - "Appreciably. This does not mean that over shorter time frames – like your 12 year example – that significant trends will be elucidated" * Now lectures that a 12 year example (that shows no warming) is basically insignificant (hypocrisy noted). Here students, you have an example of a professor who's ideology results in his becoming blind to the difference between weather and climate. You will note that when confronted on this, his usual recourse is to hide behind an ego and lecture about his qualifications... This is why, in science, one shouldn't start with a conclusion based on an ideology and then work backwards to make the story fit. Being a rabid Ideologue, a hypocrite and a narcissist are not the traits we look for in a scientist....you will just end up coming across as fundamentally deluded. Hardley - "And there he was, saying this blog is dead over and over" Yes Hardley, when you realize you are just lecturing to yourself, you will realize this blog died long ago... Of course, that will never happen because the reality is you are your own audience at Deltoid. You need to hear yourself to convince yourself that you're not the putz that we all know you are... #38 & #39 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzZ Wow - "How do you know that?" Because they said so... "Study co-author Bo Elberling, head of the Danish Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), a basic research centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, urges caution before reading too much into the new data." “This release of CO2 from near-surface soils is more significant than previously thought. But we still don’t know if warming will increase the net contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere,” says Elberling" "We still don’t know how much plants will take up in response, which is particularly important in relation to an increasing root biomass in the Arctic which represents a knowledge gap when speaking about Arctic greening,” he says" http://sciencenordic.com/arctic-soils-ticking-climate-time-bomb Note to Hardley - It looks like they are referring to the possible effects of a carbon fertilization...you know, carbon fertilization, that part of the equation that you have always discounted. Interesting... Let's take a walk through the past....June 3013. Hardley - "He just cannot get this ‘ferilization effect is good’ nonsense out of his simple little noggin. So he cites any source he can which essentially says no such thing but instead talks about increased plant biomass as if that is the be-all and end-all of the topic.” Me - "I see you put ‘ferilization effect is good’ in quotes. Where does that come from? Are you saying I said that, because it is a blatant lie. One of your many, which by the way I can back up. Now be a good retard and back it up…something none of you on this site seem to be capable of." Me again - "The fact is, once again Hardley, you don’t know how it fits into the equation…it’s unknown…..not good, not bad…unknown.You’re ideology, as well as BDuds, is blinding you from seeing otherwise." And now, here we have your scientist friends basically saying the same thing I've been saying for years...further proving what a putz you are....and have always been. # 40 - Further proof of a dead blog. "Wow – “How do you know that?” Because they said so…" But you just said they didn't know anything? If they didn't know anything, you can't take what they said as proof. Unless you know what they said was right but they don't know what they said was right. Is that your contention? “This release of CO2 from near-surface soils is more significant than previously thought. But we still don’t know if warming will increase the net contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere,” says Elberling” So it could be that it isn't changing the situation. Moreover, it's still not going to prove AGW is wrong. Because increasing or decreasing the soil contribution doesn't remove our emissions. Betula, classes can on,yu be dismissed by educators or teachers... not uneducated idiots. Your fertilization efect is based on biomass, which ignores qualitative changes as mediated by alterations in primary and secondary plant metabolism. Increased uptake of C02 changes C:N ratios in plant tissues, which is problematical since C is not a limiting nutrient for plant metabolism. N and P are, and increased C will shunt these important metabolites from plant tissues. the effects will mean changes in stoichiometry, and non-linear effects in plant-consumer communities. Plants with N based toxins will become more susceptible to antagonists, whereas plants with C based toxins will become more unpalatable. On top of that plants respond differently to elevated C02, generating competitive asymmetries. Ultimately increased atmsopheric C02 will reduce diversity across the board. Simpler communities will be less resilient to other threats, and less stable. Betula, you aren't in the same league as me in any of these fields. You are simply a dope who vastly overestimates his knowledge. Its you who has delusions of grandeur on this basis alone. I will repeat, for the millionth time. You don't understand the basics of plant stoichiometry and its effects on plant and animal communities. Your ideas are childishly simple linear extrapolations. I cringe when I read your posts, they are that bad. Yet you lack the cognitive ability to grasp how stupid you really are. You complai about my arrogance, when its simple the politics of envy. I have every right to be confident because I am educated in ecology. You aren't, not even remotely. Your fertilization-effect posts are as deep as a puddle. But I knew you were a simpleton when you once stated that North American ecosystems were in good health on the basis of the restocking and establishment of Wild Turkeys in eastern North American and the abundance of white-tailed deer. I knew right then and there that I was dealing with a layman. You fail on every count. You are dismisseed. Come back when you have made even a bsic cursory attempt to go through the primary literature, instead of gleaning bits and pieces from climate change denying blogs. None of the scientists who talk about the fertilization effect say that its the wonderful gift to primary producers that you make it out to be. That's your take and that of equally challenged people as well as blogs and think tanks pushing neoliberal agendas. And finally, Betula, I suggest that you spend more time focusing on your family and your pruning business. You appear to have an unhealthy fixation about me, scouring every source you can to find things that i have written. Even if I knew who you were, i couldn't give a rat's ass about you because you are a nobody. I wish though that you would stick to the vacuous denier blogs on which you glean your world views. If this blog is as dead as you say it is then why do you keep coming back? Do you enjoy ritual self humiliation? Here's a choice: (A) This discussion of the causes and potential consequences of climate change from a joint National Academy of Science (USA) and Royal Society (UK) review, authored by a range of leading scientists: http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-assets/exec-office-other/climate-c… Or (B) the musings of a tree pruner who thinks that if we don't know everything about the science then we should do nothing at all. This person sees measures to mitigate C02 concentrations as some UN-mandated left wing conspiracy. He has no relevant scientific expertise but impugns the conclusions of more than 95% of the scientific community. I'll take (A). The real funny point is that Betula thinks he is modest and that I am the arrogant narcissist. Think about it... isn't it somewhat arrogant and narcissistic to think that your views on climate are more accurate than the bulk of the scientific community? Especially if you have no qualifications at all? Of course it is. Its just that Betula hates scientists because they disagree with people like him. #40 further proof of dead brain cells of the one who wrote that. Not realising that his lines of argument are decadently boring. Hence the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzZ. Nothing to do with this blog per se, but then BirchBark has not the cognitive ability to recognise that. Wow - "But you just said they didn’t know anything?" Now all you have to do is note where I used the word "anything" to prove that you're not the lying sack you are. Wow - "So it could be that it isn’t changing the situation" Maybe, maybe not. Thanks for agreeing... Hardley - "Your fertilization efect is based on biomass" It's not my fertilization effect. Hardley - "But I knew you were a simpleton when you once stated that North American ecosystems were in good health on the basis of the restocking and establishment of Wild Turkeys in eastern North American and the abundance of white-tailed deer" Then what you "knew" was based on something that was never said, which is typical for you... Hardley - "You fail on every count" If repeating the words of your scientist friends is considered failing, then you are hanging out with failures... Hardley - "You appear to have an unhealthy fixation about me, scouring every source you can to find things that i have written" Unhealthy for you...yes. It's tough when the words you use are used against you... "Wow – “But you just said they didn’t know anything?” Now all you have to do is note where I used the word “anything” " Only after you go and show where they said something that supports your claim, betty. You wouldn't want to go demanding from others what you refuse to manage yourself, right? But, OK, so NOW you're saying that they definitely DO know some things. So when you claim that the climatologists got one thing wrong, you need to tell us what the result of that is, not just go "Well, they're wrong, right, so we can ignore the problem, yeah?". Because apparently you know that they DO know some things. Which may be far more important to the conclusion than what you claim they don't know. And if you're going to back-ass your way out with "I don't know", then you are going to have to stop making claims about the result of what they have wrong, because YOU. DO. NOT. KNOW. Got it yet, dribble-breath? Just to be EXTREMELY clear for you, betty, here you claim: “1. The brilliant scientist’s (after all these years) “haven’t taken into account a major source of carbon in the environment”….that which is in the soil.” but have STILL not actually said that this means anything has to change with what we need to do. ALL YOU HAVE DONE is now claim you don't know what the result of this is, but if you don't know, why the hell was it important enough for you to include in a great long content-free whinge that your refusal to accept AGW as being real is somehow in any way shape or form a rational logical response to reality. Wow - "So when you claim that the climatologists got one thing wrong," Now all you have to do is note where I said they got one thing wrong to prove that you’re not the lying sack you are "Unhealthy for you…yes. It’s tough when the words you use are used against you…" Except you haven't been able to use them, all you've been able to do is go "I don't know" when asked what your "replies" have meant. This isn't tough for Jeff, except in the case where he's trying to work out what your ranting means IF IT WERE SAID BY A SANE HUMAN BEING. If he takes the position it's done by some maniacal lunatic who hasn't a goddamned clue, then it's really easy for him. "Wow – “So when you claim that the climatologists got one thing wrong,” Now all you have to do is note where I said they got one thing wrong" Then what? Come on, lay your wager on the table, I don't want you just pretending you pinkie promised something you'll work out in the future. When I do that, what will YOU do? Or are you the lying sack of crap here? And chicken to boot. Hey, betty, how dumb are you when the post you make a demand comes right after the one I do what you demanded? Was there going to be anything about how YOU are the lying sack of crap, making believe that you didn't do what you know you did? Wow - "Then what?" What, you can't read or you can't comprehend what you read? Which is it? "Wow – “Then what?” What, you can’t read or you can’t comprehend what you read? Which is it?" Neither betty. Then what will you do next, if your petulant demands aren't met? Or do you not understand colloquial English? Is it not your first language, or is it you were homeschooled, so you don't have much in the way of language skills? Or is it you've been called out in a lie of omission yet again, a pretense that somehow you're being maligned, when all that's happened is that your blathering is being remembered when you'd rather it was forgotten? Wow - "Hey, betty, how dumb are you when the post you make a demand comes right after the one I do what you demanded?" There was an overlap in comments....and you still didn't state where I said they got one thing wrong.....I said “haven’t taken into account", which they didn't. So you're still a lying sack and now you it appears you can't seem to admit they didn't take the effect of organisms on C in the soil into account. You're twice the moron. And still waiting for you to prove you're not a moronic lying sack by noting where I said " they didn’t know anything" Wow - "Then what will you do next, if your petulant demands aren’t met?" You've done it to yourself. When you can't back up what you claim someone said, you are a lying sack...but I've already known that for years....only now the two other people on this blog know it....and you're one of them. "and you still didn’t state where I said they got one thing wrong" Oh yes I did. So this is "Then what?"? You'll continue to pretend reality didn't happen. And you wonder why we ignore your silly demand. Meh, OK, so nobody here has said that they got anything wrong. Why, then are you whining about how it's not settled???? Wow - "And you wonder why we ignore your silly demand" I never wondered. You ignore the demand to back up what you say because you can't back it up. Nothing to wonder about.... Wow - "OK, so nobody here has said that they got anything wrong" At least you admit it. Wow - "Why, then are you whining about how it’s not settled" We are still talking about Hardley's link at #5, which is where this all started, correct? It's not settled....the scientists say so themselves. If you think I'm whining, then you believe the scientists are whining... "You ignore the demand to back up what you say because you can’t back it up." I did back it up. But, lets just give you that one you ridiculous clown. If YOU are saying that you haven't said they even something wrong, then what is your complaint. So it very very much doesn't matter if I say for the third time where you claim they had something wrong. Either you're correct in that you've never said they had something wrong, in which case you had no complaint, or you are not correct, you have a complaint, but you don't know whether it's valid or to what extent, and you are additionally lying about ever having said it. There really is no winning situation for you here. A rather marvelous example of precisely how dumb your ass is. "It’s not settled….the scientists say so themselves" But that would be you saying they had something wrong! If they didn't have anything wrong, then it IS settled! And you have said categorically you never said they had something wrong, so it's settled. And not even the scientists say it isn't settled. Not even deniers can manage to say that! "Wow – “OK, so nobody here has said that they got anything wrong” At least you admit it." Language skills aren't something you have, are they, betty? "Meh, OK, so nobody here has said that they got anything wrong. Why, then are you whining about how it’s not settled????" So you're saying we both agree it's settled. Well done. Poor Wow, you even manage to confuse yourself...what "complaint" are you talking about? So far you have managed to incorporate the words "wrong", "anything" and now "complaint" into a conversation that appears to exist only in your head... Hardley @ #5 - "While I am it, read the following interview with my colleague and friend Tom Crowther published today in the Independent. Yes, Tom is a young and highly talented scientist. Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it. Let the message sink in. Loud and clear. AGW is a profound threat to humanity." Well, I read it and then I looked further....and the message from the author is this: "Study co-author Bo Elberling, head of the Danish Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), a basic research centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, urges caution before reading too much into the new data.” "We still don’t know how much plants will take up in response, which is particularly important in relation to an increasing root biomass in the Arctic which represents a knowledge gap when speaking about Arctic greening,” he says” So the author is urging caution before reading too much into it, while Hardley is telling us to "Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it" If you believe this translates into a "complaint" or "the climatologists got one thing wrong" or someone said "they didn’t know anything"......then I suggest you take your mental illness and discuss it with the author....or with your fellow mental patient Hardley. "Poor Wow, you even manage to confuse yourself…what “complaint” are you talking about?" So you're not even willing to admit you've posted anything. Welp, fair enough. See how well that does for you, dear. Study co-author Bo Elberling, head of the Danish Center for Permafrost... That did not come from the article linked at #5 now did it. If you take the source of that the message is clear — we are going to be in deep do do before long. Now why did you not cite your source? So it is time you extracted yourself from that pile of your own making. Wow - "So you’re not even willing to admit you’ve posted anything" So now you add twit to your resume. Try reading the entire comment at #68 twit... Lionel - "That did not come from the article linked at #5 now did it." Another useless twit.. Apparently you didn't notice I said...."Well, I read it and then I looked further" You also didn't notice that you jumped into the middle of a conversation that previously included the same quotes with references...see #41. "Try reading the entire comment at #68 twit…" Says The QuoteMiner(tm). Loving the hypocrisy, dear! Better: you even completely 180% missed the lampshading of that precise problem. "Lionel – “That did not come from the article linked at #5 now did it.” Another useless twit.. " Even if granted for no reason as being valid an attribution, it does not counter or refute the point. Irrelevant attack merely highlights your problem, betty. I can understand why the words of the co-author of the paper would upset you... May I suggest that if either of you twits have a problem with his words, then you take it up with him. No, you only understand a scenario that you made up in your own mind, betty. The assertion you understand your own imagination is hardly anything to be proud of. Wow - "you only understand a scenario that you made up in your own mind, betty" The scenario in my mind involves the actual words of the co-author of the paper, and don't include the words "the climatologists got one thing wrong" and don't include anyone saying “they didn’t know anything" Those words are proven to come from your imagination Wow, because you can't provide a link to prove otherwise. It must suck being you. @23 Betula: "Professor" Hardley is a joke. Nowadays professorships of blokes like Hardley is no real professorship, it's close to an unempoyed social case, no budget, no authority, only very few students (maybe 3 or 4 a year): just ridiculous to boast these creatures who like to pose as pseudo rockstars with electroguitars. You can easi judge how irrelevant these guys are by assessing the level of their education when examined how they would describe the significance of the paper of Milne (1928), “The effect of collisions on monochromatic radiative equilibrium” in ridiculising the insanities of the greenhouse hallucinations of these communist tribes. They can't, just showing their idiocy and irrelevance. By kim (not verified) on 06 Dec 2016 #permalink Kim, you are always good for a belly laugh. It must be immensely painful for you, an uneducated anonymous nobody in all likelihood stuck in some menial job to see the scientists like me and my colleagues achieving success that has eluded you. Please tell us all here what profoundly important professional achievements that you have made. My guess it will rank up with Betula's successful tree pruning business or less. My views simply reflect those of the vast majority of scientists across a range of disciplines. Therefore, by association, brainless boffins like you and Betula are taking on pretty much the entire scientific community. In this regard your arrogance and hubris are staggering and exemplify both deep rooted examples of the Dunning-Kruger syndrome and confirmation bias. I always find it amusing when total know nothings like you wade into complex fields beyond your competence and further humiliate yourselves. To give credit where credit is due, at least Betula, although he is categorically wrong and well outside of his competence, attempts to discuss (well, dismiss) the scientific evidence for AGW, you merely come in here like a rabid dog slobbering and slathering with insults usually aimed at me. You have never once brought up any actual science. Now we all know why that is: because you are utterly incompetent. So instead all we get are hit and run smears generally written in sub standard English suggesting that you barely made it out of high school. You also appear to have an unhealthy fixation on me like Betula. It is obvious that you gave scoured the internet trying to find information that you can use to attack me, but every time you fall flat on your face. Your latest failed smear is to suggest thI only have 3 or 4 students. Sorry to rain on your parade, but I lecture to hundreds of them, and as we write I am supervising 6 Master's students in Amsterdam, 2 more in Wageningen, plus several PhD students, in addition to my own research. Please inform me as to your current academic contributions. I will answer that for you: NIL. That was easy. Now go away unless you can scrape up some basic scientific argument that I will of course easily debunk. I notice from Betula's losing exchanges above that he us trying to downplay the findings of the Crowther et al. paper by quote mining one of the authors. He ignores the comments by my colleague, the LEAD author Tom, because they are difficult to effectively mine, so he has desperately searched the internet for any ways to dismiss the significance of the study. Presto! One of the co-authors urges caution, as all good scientists do, and our ignorant tree pruner jumps all over that. Next thing he will do is say that Nature should never have published the article, because all of the carbon stored below ground may never become transferred to the atmosphere no matter how warm it gets. But as I have said several times on here, and it's completely ignored by our Dunning-Kruger acolyte, he is using the "IF WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, THEN WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING" canard. By doing this he dismisses AGW and any potentially deleterious. The Danish author of course would be appalled and disgusted to see his comments abused and distorted in this way, but deniers live by quote mining and deliberately twisting the comments of scientists to suit their own agendas. They do this both offensively (Betula does it all the time) as well as defensively, for instance the distortion of Schneider's double ethical bind quote. What is categorically obvious is that most climate change deniers are a vile group of lying manipulators. Hardly a single one of them has an ounce of integrity. They are complete hypocrites as well. Look at how scientists are smeared relentlessly by people like Betula who can hardly add two and two together. When the discussion goes beyond simple linear extrapolations into more complex directions, they are stranded. Betula's fertilisation effect discussion is a case in point. Scientists working with plants know that the assembly and functioning of communities and ecosystems goes well beyond biomass which is purely a quantitative measure. Betula has no grounding in stoichiometry and like all deniers once the discussion goes beyond his simple understanding it is dismissed with put downs and smears. I need go no further in this area as Betula has been comprehensively debunked on it. If he wants to have a go at stoichiometry and metabolism, I am all ears. But I will cringe when I read his sandbox level dirge. Finally, one of the deniers most used smears is to belittle his/her opponents research or observations. So over the years on Deltoid I have been described as someone who studies maggots, fleas, flies, just like leading ecologist Paul Ehrlich was called 'butterfly boy' by hus detractors. Betula's desperate attempts to dismiss my arguments ultimately led him to search the internet for whatever he could find and eventually he scraped up an interview with me on our own web site in which I said that I saw a huge number of invertebrates during a winter expedition across Algonquin Park in the winter of 2012. This includes spiders, caddisflies, midges and collemboles. To continue, Betula grasped this interview as his beating stick, despite the fact that it is ridiculous for ectotherms to be active during a period of time when the region should be in a deep freeze and these species in diapause or dormancy. It was very unusual, and along with thousands of other studies evidence for seasonal shifts in the life cycles and activities of species in a warming world. In the Netherlands there has been a pronounced shift towards earlier springs and attendant changes in the activities of species and species-interactions. Annual plants that typically grew in mud summer are now germinating and growing in spring. Insects from southern Europe are appearing in the north and are overwintering there now. Some of these have left behind their co evolved enemies, such as parasites and pathogens, enabling them to build up huge populations as outbreaking pests (e.g. The oak processionary caterpillar). And still others are going through population bottlenecks because of rapid asynchronous life cycles with their foodplants, precipitating population collapses that are working their way up the food chain. This has been proven in winter moth-oak-Pied Flycatcher interactions. Betula's response will be to smear the research with put downs like,"Look! A caterpillar!", or, "Look, up in the sky! A Flycatcher"! or some other witless remark. Forget the fact that warming is having huge impacts on ecological communities across the biosphere, all supported by volumes of empirical evidence. Deniers hate empirical evidence. So they are left with nothing but vacuous smears and witless remarks. It would be amusing to see them engage in face to face debates with scientists and to use this strategy. Of course they would be laughed then jeered off the platform. But in blogs as anonymous entities they can say whatever they like. My colleagues wonder why I degrade myself and waste my time responding idiots with illusions of intellectual superiority like Betula. It's a good question. The very fact that Betula and others like him think that they are clever and well informed is bad enough. The only reasons I believe that they are willing to expose their ignorance is because (1) they really believe that they know what they are taking about, and (2) even when they are ritually debunked they are able to remain anonymous. If course I am wiping the floor with them. But they are so convinced of their expertise that they are oblivious to any arguments. Yes. Dunning-Kruger describes them to a tee. Nothing to worry about. All normal. Why worry that ice cover at both poles it is at historically low levels at the same time? Its all natural. Heck, that's how the ignoranti on here are going to spin it. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210914739203164&set=a.2684154… Muppet @#72 Apparently you didn’t notice I said….”Well, I read it and then I looked further” Of course I did, why do you think I wrote: If you take the source of that the message is clear — Those with even average comprehension would have parsed that correctly and realised I had also looked further, found where that out of context quote of yours came from. Why else would I have complained about your lack of citing your sources? That trait being one of deniers in general, and you are denying that the effects of human caused warming are going to be dire. Once again we see the classic ducking and diving from your worthlessness. Lionel - "Why else would I have complained about your lack of citing your sources?" The source (singular) was already cited at #41...so I'm still not sure why you are complaining. Must be you didn't like the quote itself... Maybe you should, as Hardley says.....“Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it".....with caution of course. Hardley to Kim - "You also appear to have an unhealthy fixation on me" Yet, nobody talks more about you than you do. It's your true expertise... "I notice from Betula’s losing exchanges above that he us trying to downplay the findings of the Crowther et al. paper by quote mining one of the authors" And also in a vague attempt to avoid admitting ANY mistake (why are they so paranoid about admitting error), painting themselves into a corner where their statements are self contradictory? And now attempting vainly to "SQUIRREL!!!!" their way past the uncomfortable truth of their incompetence. I guess Stupid's next comment here will be berating kim at the very least for their problems that make them throw insults around rather than go on to "real issues". Right...? Hardley - “IF WE DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING, THEN WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING” You see this Wow? This is not the first time Hardley has posted these words... This is probably where you got the idea that I said they didn't know anything! Remember? @53 Wow – “But you just said they didn’t know anything?” So Hardley keeps repeating a phrase, and you honestly believe it came from me... So maybe you aren't a lying twit, maybe you're just delusional twit like Hardley... There's a poem in there somewhere....I'll work on it. I think I'll call it Two Twits Tweeting.... Wow - “I notice from Betula’s losing exchanges above that he us trying to downplay the findings of the Crowther et al. paper by quote mining one of the authors" No, I already downplayed Hardley's #5 link at #12. The quote from one of the authors was downplaying Hardley's comment …..“Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it” Again....with "caution" More wibble from the dribbler that is bircher. In his #68 mentioned Jeff's #5 and nothing else. Now I don't read through all this idiots drivel having better things to do right now so the fact that he may have cited some Nordic blurb in another post is beside the point, he should have cited it as he quoted from it. That is the way things should work. Of course twerps like bircher don't think of things like this having got their education from something like Trump University. Sorry sub' #84 for #85 in the above. HArdley - Betula’s response will be to smear the research with put downs like,”Look! A caterpillar!”, or, “Look, up in the sky! A Flycatcher”! or some other witless remark. No Hardley, I tend to use the words of the scientists themselves, you know like...."Look, a spider!" Lionel - "In his #68 mentioned Jeff’s #5 and nothing else" Strange how Hardley at #8. #10, #11 and #13 knew I was talking about his link at #5, yet Lionel couldn't figure it out. Maybe Hardley knew because at #6 (which comes right after #5) I said..."Hey Hardley, I read your linked article" If this is so difficult for twits like Wow and Lionel, imagine how difficult science must be.... "Hardley – “IF WE DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING, THEN WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING” You see this Wow?" Yes. So what? My eyes working proves what? Rushing around in hysteric circles squawking like a headless chicken with lit dynamite up its butt is amusing for all of us, but hardly helpful to your case, if, indeed, one exists. So you never said there was a problem, but you still complain, and to hide what you haven't said and "disprove" claims of what you said, you point to something JEFF said, not you, and ask if I read it? You either are lying or you are in agreement with the IPCC and complaining for no reason. There are no other options available to you, betty. "Strange how Hardley at #8. #10, #11 and #13 knew I was talking about his link at #5, yet Lionel couldn’t figure it out." Then if you were talking about #5, why did you, without comment, quote from something not identified in that post? Ooh! Ooh! I know, you didn't say anything, amirite? Betula is like a broken record. Lost in all of his vacuous bile are these facts accepted by the scientific community: 1. The planet is warming rapidly. 2. It is warming primarily as a result of the human combustion of fossil fuels. 3. The rate if warming far exceeds, in terms of rate, natural forcings 4. Failure to prevent the planet exceeding a 2degrees C rise over the coming decades will have severe implications for both the material and natural economies. This is where the scientific discussion is NOW. I am not an outlier but my views are embedded among the views of the vast majority of my peers. The public debate, which includes the illiterati like Betula, is stuck in causation. The scientific debate has moved well beyond that. It is warming and humans are the primary cause. End of fucking story. Betty appears to believe that science is unsure whether there's such a thing as electricity. Or gravity. Or the existence of the planet Earth. Remember, Betty hasn't said what science was not settled, and those things are science, therefore Betty has said they're not settled. It's a wonder as to what Betty thinks they're sitting on given matter is science and unsettled.... If this is so difficult for twits like Wow and Lionel, I explained that dumbo. I was replying having read your #68 as it stood on its own, having not trawled through your drivel, or Jeff''s responses to your drivel also for reasons explained. But no, you carry on behaving like a jelly that cannot be nailed to the wall. It is clearly pointless arguing further with one so evidently bereft of decency and honesty. Wow, thanks for the support. I have been dealing with - and debunking - climate change deniers and anti-environmentalists like Betula for years, so its become something of an old habit. It isn't that difficult for me, either, since most of them are scientifically illiterate like Betula and Kim. I am still waiting for a scientist to support them but that never happens. Instead, we have armchair pundits who as I have said suffer mightily from then Dunning-Kruger effect. Two points. First, Betula is so dumb that he doesn't understand my description of his tactics. Like other deniers, I have said that he tries to argue that without 100% unequivocal proof of AGW then its not happening. The fact that her quote mines scientists like the Danish one who says that there are plenty of uncertainties is a case in point. Of course there are fucking uncertainties. We are talking about complex adaptive systems. But the same scientist would strongly argue that climate change remains a very serious threat. Betula will ignore that and stick with the uncertainty meme. Its not very clever, but he thinks it is. But then again, he does it because he has no scientific grounding and has never been near a science lab or lecture theatre in his life. I debated a Canadian denier/anti environmentalist 14 years ago on the topic of acid rain. In this case the guy, who was also about as intellectually non well equipped as the tree pruner, downplayed acid rain and the allegedly negative effects it has on freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. He used exactly the same tactics as Betula. He concentrated on the uncertainties and used these to suggest that we didn't know enough to conclude that acid rain was harmful or even existed.I countered with the general scientific view plus a huge amount of empirical studies but he would have none of it. He actually write to an expert in the field in South Carolina and then quote mined- like Betula does - from the exchange. The expert said that the evidence suggests that acid rain has done immense harm to eastern forests and to many lakes, but that the extent was unclear. The guy then sent this to me suggesting there was no problem. I then wrote to the scientist, who was surprised and angry to see his message taken out of context. He then told me that debating these people - both the Canadian guy and Betula are prime examples of the same phenomenon - was, in his own words, like 'Trying to win a passing match with a skunk'. He went on to say that we KNOW that acid precipitation in the 1980s and 1990s was 1500 times higher in the Appalachians than low level ambient, and that indications are that it was indeed harmful to forests and their root systems. But he went on to say that to fully understand every subtle effect caused by acid rain would require billions of dollars - never to be funded. He concluded by telling me that without this evidence the detractors will say that acid rain is therefore not a threat because we don't have 100% proof. This is exactly what Betake does.He's about as original as a sore throat. Lastly, and I find this the most hilarious thing of all, he and other diners on here continually accuse me of being 'arrogant, full of myself, a massive egotist' etc. The true is the opposite. I am a qualified scientist - I have worked for almost 30 years to get where I am today - and my views CONCUR WITH >95% OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY (emphasis mine). I am therefore not out on a limb at all in arguing that AGW is very real and poses a serious threat, but you wouldn't guess that reading the comments of Betula, Olaus, Kim and others. They write as if science AND scientists are on their side and as if I am the outlier. They ignore the fact that every major scientific organisation on Earth and every National Academy concurs on the reality of AGW and the urgent need to address it. In this way, it is them - uneducated armchair know nothings - who are the ones who are fun, of their own illusory superiority. They think they know more than the people trained in climate and environmental science. It is the epitome of arrogance. This one is for Betula. I would be part of the 97%. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg The Guardian wrote a piece on this as well: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2… Bottom line: Betula is with the lonely guy on the left, I am with Bill Nye and 97% of the scientific community on the right. This debate as John Oliver says should not even be happening. The science is in. We should now be discussing mitigation and adaptation strategies, not the extent of the human fingerprint. That is confirmed. Seeing this, its clear who look like arrogant self-righteous egotists. Petula, Kim and other laymen. Rather than jump on board Wow's continuous loop of dumb, I think I will revisit one of Hardley's performances...they never get old: Hardley - “Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it” Meanwhile, it seems the Co-author of the paper - "urges caution before reading too much into the new data.” “We still don’t know how much plants will take up in response, which is particularly important in relation to an increasing root biomass in the Arctic which represents a knowledge gap when speaking about Arctic greening,” he says Comedy gold. Note to the dumb - Link already provided, find it on your own. Since Hardley likes to get his accurate and reliable information from the influential John Oliver (a "comedian"), he will like this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlHo-F1z_aw "Rather than jump on board Wow’s continuous loop of dumb" Ah, so unable to rebut the claim, you make another one up, and yet again it's a "slam your opponent with your issue and pretend like hell". Pretty damn pitiful. Science isn't settled? What science isn't settled? Does that change what is needed to be done? Content free posts from deniers is all you poor schmucks can do, and you're too desperate and boxed in to do that well. "Meanwhile, it seems the Co-author of the paper – “urges caution before reading too much into the new data.”" Didn't stop you, did it. Even though you don't know what it means to the reality of AGW and our necessary actions to avoid or at least mitigate it. Pretty sure you should be doing this yourself before making any petulant cries against others, dearie. "Comedy gold." In what way? All you are doing here is claiming it's comedy gold, but neither how you determine this, what it would mean if it WERE to be comedy, nor how you yourself are making a laughing stock of denial in your pathetic attempts to do something to shore up your ego and pretend you are sane. Re:3: so what? What is this supposed to do for anything? Another StuPid content free post from a denier. Not unexpected. Wow - "Science isn’t settled? What science isn’t settled? That would be a question for whatever source it came from. Here's an example if you're looking for something to start with: Study co-author Bo Elberling, head of the Danish Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), a basic research centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, urges caution before reading too much into the new data.” “We still don’t know how much plants will take up in response, which is particularly important in relation to an increasing root biomass in the Arctic which represents a knowledge gap when speaking about Arctic greening,” he says" "Wow – “Science isn’t settled? What science isn’t settled? That would be a question for whatever source it came from." So again in a vain attempt to do bugger all, you have now turned your whinging to "I don't have a clue what's going on". Well done, chimp! #64 page 1: "Betula It’s not settled" So what's not settled then, betty? Your tummy upset? Your gambling debts? Intelligent life in your household? No Batty, I get my relibale information on the scientific consensus not from John Oliver but from a range of studies as well as from the peer-reviewed literature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveys_of_scientists'_views_on_climate_c… Indeed, you nitwit, this is where John Oliver got his information from. Its more reliable than yours, because you either pull it from your butt or else from denier blogs you frequent. In my career I have not yet met a scientist who denies the reality and seriousness of AGW. And Batty, i meet a helluva lot more of them than you do. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if you had never met a single one. I have met thousands. They'd all think you were an idiot. And they would be right. You are desperately clinging to your misquoting of the co-author of the Nature paper - note you steer clear of the seniro author, the person who WROTE the paper (Tom Crowther). As I said, all the danish scientist is saying is that there are uncertainties. You translate that into 'no problems then'. I am so fucking pissed off at you than I am going to copy-paste your comments here and send them to him. I am sure sure that he will be appalled at your attempt to twist his caution intor downplaying the significance of the study and its implications. He might actually learn something as well - that dishonest liars will always take scientific quotes out of context to diminish the results of a study. Your arguments are being crushed one by one here. Go away, lick your wounds, then prune a few trees. Hardley - "You are desperately clinging to your misquoting of the co-author of the Nature paper" Now all you have to do is explain how it was misquoted. Hardley - You translate that into ‘no problems then’. Actually, that translation occurred in your head. Now, if only you could copy and paste your imagination. A neat exposition of economics by Barton Paul Levenson at Real Climate, economics that were workable but and are now not fit for purpose. Other important points in other posts on that thread particularly mike on carbon sinks at #20. at #23 at the above linked Real Climate thread mike has something along these lines: Warning: this may scare some folks. Crowther study printed in Nature title: Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming quote: (deep breath for the easily scared) “Despite the considerable uncertainty in our estimates, the direction of the global soil carbon response is consistent across all scenarios. This provides strong empirical support for the idea that rising temperatures will stimulate the net loss of soil carbon to the atmosphere, driving a positive land carbon–climate feedback that could accelerate climate change.” Barker is clearly scared enough to deny it all, his simplistic mental model of the world cannot cope. Wow - It’s not settled”...."So what’s not settled then, betty?" Apparently someone said "it's not settled" because you keep bringing it up... But since you are fixated: Uncertainties, "knowledge gaps" (see #6), the reaction of everything on earth in relation to the future actions and responses of everything on earth, the carbon footprint of developing the undeveloped nations, "how much plants will take up in response" to increased CO2, (see #6) and on and on... If this were rocket science, you would have blown up long ago... "Wow – It’s not settled”….”So what’s not settled then, betty?” Apparently someone said “it’s not settled” " Yes, said it. post 64. What in post 64 was not settled. "because you keep bringing it up…" No, that isn't what isn't settled. When you say something, it means nothing. But you keep saying it. Insanity. "Uncertainties, “knowledge gaps” (see #6), " No, it's settled that there are uncertainties. Unless you posit that we might have no uncertainties now. " the reaction of everything on earth in relation to the future actions" So things that AREN'T "the reaction of everything on earth to the future actions" is settled? Well, AGW isn't the reaction of everything on earth to the future actions, it's the effect of average temperatures to CO2 produced by human industry. Not the same thing. "the carbon footprint of developing the undeveloped nations" So climate sensitivity, which isn't to do with the carbon footprint of the developing nations, is settled. " “how much plants will take up in response” to increased CO2, " Human production of CO2 has nothing to do with plant take-up rates of CO2, so that's settled too. "and on and on…" No, unless you SAY what that "on and on" is, we haven't heard what is not settled, except that you don't know what it is that is settled. So AGW, climate sensitivity and our carbon output are all settled. How does any of those things you claim are unsettled change the fact of AGW or that we need to stop dumping more CO2 into the atmosphere? Me - "Apparently someone said “it’s not settled” Wow - "Yes, said it. post 64. What in post 64 was not settled" Actually, you asked why I'm.... "whining about how it’s not settled" in #63. I always thought 63 came before 64, but this is Deltoid... Is the science behind climate change settled? The answer is it that it is settled more than enough for us to know that inaction to rein in C02 emissions could have serious and long-lasting consequences for mankind. The overwhelming majority of scientists agree. More than 95% of us. There are very, very few scientists who argue the other way. The fact that every major scientific body on the planet agrees, along with every National Academy, makes it a slam dunk. That Betula thinks it isn't settled says more about him than about the science. What pearls of wisdom does a tree pruner have that eludes the scientific community? "Actually, you asked why I’m…. “whining about how it’s not settled” in #63. " And you said it wasn't settled in #64. You said it. WHAT wasn't settled? "I always thought 63 came before 64, but this is Deltoid…" 63 is earlier than 64. However, I thought if someone typed some claim, it didn't matter when it happened, it still actually happened. But then again, you are a moron.... "Is the science behind climate change settled? " Betty agrees it's settled. It's thinks like "What will we do in the future" that it thinks (for no apparent reason, but hey) is not settled. Of course, the point of that is completely opaque to Betty, since she'll have to go and ask her supervisor what she's supposed to say about it. And her supervisor isn't any more clued in that Betty et al are. "What pearls of wisdom does a tree pruner have that eludes the scientific community?" Since pears are secretions around an irritating little grit, we could posit a different meaning for this. But remember, betty doesn't know what it means. Any of it. Neither what's not settled, what is settled, nor what it means for the bits that aren't settled. #16 is twisted gibberish and very unsettling. Apparently everything regarding future climate is settled, regardless of uncertainties and knowledge gaps. I say we end all scientific research immediately, it is no longer needed... "Apparently everything regarding future climate is settled" Only one saying that is you, dear. Do you understand the English language at all? "regardless of uncertainties" Except the error bars show the uncertainties. So it's settled. " and knowledge gaps. " What knowledge gaps? "I say we end all scientific research immediately, it is no longer needed…" So you accept the IPCC conclusions and you'll stop whining about doing what needs to be done, right? Wow - "What knowledge gaps?" Again, as an example, read #6. Are you really this dumb? Wow - So you accept the IPCC conclusions and you’ll stop whining about doing what needs to be done, right? The IPCC has concluded that climate change is settled so we no longer need to research climate change? When did this happen? "Wow – “What knowledge gaps?” Again, as an example, read #6." Where you pass on information that we should not read too much into the paper. Which is what you're doing! We have ALL asked you what the hell it meant, but you keep blathering on about a load of bollocks. So, WITHOUT READING TOO MUCH INTO IT, what does that knowledge gap mean to the science of AGW???? If it doesn't change it in any meaningful sense, then NOTHING. "The IPCC has concluded that climate change is settled" So you accept it is settled. Wow - "However, I thought if someone typed some claim, it didn’t matter when it happened, it still actually happened." Sure it matters, since you brought it up as though I claimed it. I then showed that the co-author of the paper confirmed what you brought up... "Sure it matters" " since you brought it up as though I claimed it." Wow @63 - "Why, then are you whining about how it’s not settled????" Again, 63 comes before 64. Math is hard... "Again, 63 comes before 64. Math is hard" Maybe for you it is, but like I said before, I know 63 is before 64. However, you still said it wasn't settled. Post 64. Remember? Wow - "So you accept it is settled" When they state we no longer support the need for climate change research, all further research funding should be redirected to help finance the development of the undeveloped nations.....yes. Wow - "Maybe for you it is, but like I said before, I know 63 is before 64" Then you admit you lied at 63. "Wow – “So you accept it is settled” When they state we no longer... blah blah blah" Care to answer the question, betty, rather than rush around saying nothing? "Wow – “Maybe for you it is, but like I said before, I know 63 is before 64” Then you admit you lied at 63." No, I didn't lie at #63. Wow – “Care to answer the question” Care to accept the answer. Wow – “No, I didn’t lie at #63” That’s another lie. Worth a repost – Hardley – “Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it” "Wow – “Care to answer the question” Care to accept the answer." No, I require answers when I ask for answers. "Wow – “No, I didn’t lie at #63” That’s another lie." No it isn't. "Worth a repost – " Why? As far as I can tell, it was not worth a repost. Wow - No, I require answers when I ask for answers You got my answer, you're on your own now. Wow - "No it isn’t" That's another lie. Keep digging... Wow - "Why? As far as I can tell, it was not worth a repost" Then may I suggest you “Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it" "You got my answer, you’re on your own now." So your answer is you can;t answer. "Wow – “No it isn’t” That’s another lie. Keep digging…" Uh, what? No, it's not another lie, there needs to be one lie for it to be "another", AND it has to be a lie itself. And what do you mean "keep digging"? Are you trying to get me to keep digging into your bullshit to find out if there is, actually a pony in there somewhere? "Then may I suggest you “Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it”" But it still doesn't make any sense to post it again. You DO know what the definition of insanity is, don't you? Just because YOU think you get a different result from trying the same thing again and again doesn't mean it works on the sane. Try reading it for yourself: “We still don’t know how much plants will take up in response, which is particularly important in relation to an increasing root biomass in the Arctic which represents a knowledge gap when speaking about Arctic greening,” This has no effect on whether AGW is an urgent matter to deal with. Since you assert no point to it, I am free to insert one for you. So that is the one that you would need to address to make AGW a non-issue. I wrote to Bo Elberling, who betula is misquoting, and he kindly responded. Here is some of what he said. Once again, burying Betula is easy. "Jeff, I agree that it is frustrating being misinterpreted by climate sceptics. My view is that anthropogenic carbon emissions are really the key issue and problem". Get that birch bark? Carbon emissions are in his opinion the key issue because they are a direct measure of atmospheric C02 concentrations. Then he says this, which is partially in contrast with the views of the lead and senior authors (Crowther and Bradford) who wroter the paper. "I am far less certain how the Arctic as a region will provide positive and negative feedbacks and what the net effect will be on a short and longer time scales. I have been working in the Arctic for 25 years and learned that talking about the net effects in the Arctic are far more complicated than presenting part of the C budget. I have discussed that with you Tom prior to the Nature paper submission and I am therefore all pleased with Table 1 “List of the major remaining gaps in our understanding of the land C–climate feedback”. So Elbeling thinks that anthropogenic climate change is very real, is a serious problem, and thinks that carbon emissions are the major problem, with less certainty about the net effects of warming on negative and positive feedbacks on Arctic carbon stores in thge soil. But to reiterate, HE THINKS THAT CARBON EMISSIONS ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. Read that Batty? Get that through your simple head? And his email to me was very deferential, as he knows who i am and that I have a very good reputation in science. Which I do - my h-factor puts me in the top 5%. But I digress. You are welcome to write to Elberling yourself so that he can put you in your place. I am sure that even for a know nothing like yourself he will respond. But the major point is that he is one of 30 or so authors on a paper written exclusively by Tom Crowther and Mark Bradford. You are so desperate to dismiss the findings of the Nature paper that you searched high and low across the internet for anyone or anything that would undermine it. Elberling is super cautious in his interpretation and that is his prerogative. He is cerainly not cautious in arguing that C02 emissions are a major problem. He is therefore, like me, one of the 97% of scientists who see AGW as very real and very serious. Forget class dismissed. I give you and epic fail. F-. Now go away and prune some trees. Great stuff Jeff. Once again the denial tactic of, because we don't know everything (how the hell could we and this is why scientists work at it) thus there are uncertainties is shown for the vacuous position it is. It is like somebody stood between the lines of a railway track with an express approaching at an unknown velocity and thinking that because he/she knows not that latter it is safe to stand rooted to the spot. Bloody silly stance. What Elberling has clarified further is the message we took away from the reportage on that research but of course the denial brain is not wired to appreciate the nuances, it sees in black and white sometimes flipping between like a Necker cube. Wow - "This has no effect on whether AGW is an urgent matter to deal with" Yet Hardley linked it so we could “Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it””....as though it does. Glad to see you catching on Wow..... now if only we could get you to stop lying. Hardley - "I wrote to Bo Elberling, who betula is misquoting" Hardley - "But to reiterate, HE THINKS THAT CARBON EMISSIONS ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. Read that Batty?" What does that have to do with what was quoted, and how it was "misquoted"? You have spiders in your head... Lionel - "It is like somebody stood between the lines of a railway track with an express approaching at an unknown velocity and thinking that because he/she knows not that latter it is safe to stand rooted to the spot. Bloody silly stance." What is like that? Quoting a scientist? Hardley - "his email to me was very deferential, as he knows who i am and that I have a very good reputation in science. Which I do – my h-factor puts me in the top 5%. But I digress" No you don't...it was the whole point of your post. The post has nothing to do with anything I've posted, so as usual, it can only be about you.... Hardley - "You are welcome to write to Elberling yourself so that he can put you in your place" Me - "Dear Mr. Elberling, can you tell me if the following is a misquote... Elberling - "No" Me - "So you're not going to sue Catherine Jex for writing it or "ScienceNordic" for publishing it? Me - "Ok, thanks for putting me in my place" birch barker: you have just reaffirmed my point: ...of course the denial brain is not wired to appreciate the nuances... Strewth these wooden-tops are so simple, your village needs you back barker. Wow – “This has no effect on whether AGW is an urgent matter to deal with” Yet Hardley linked it so we could “Read it and then re-read it and re-re-re read it””….as though it does. Right. So it was nothing about me having to read it, nothing about how it supported your claims, and when I still didn't see it having any relevance to your claims, you agree. Why did you take 8 posts to get there??? You could just have READ IT AGAIN YOURSELF. "as though it does." Jeff DOESN'T tell you to read it again as though it was relevant to the actions we need to take, he was doing the OPPOSITE, that it made no difference to the settled science claim. Me – “Dear Mr. Elberling, can you tell me if the following is a misquote… How about asking him if you've misrepresented him instead? You know, the actual claim against you, you frigging pudding-head. No you don’t…it was the whole point of your post. The post has nothing to do with anything I’ve posted, How do you know? The only times we've managed to get you to state what the meaning of your posts have ended with you claiming they're about someone else's post, nothing to do with being your point. You demanded in a post we re-read something, but all that was was you repeating what Jeff wrote. Something Jeff wrote cannot be nothing to do with what Jeff wrote. So yet another ridiculous disclaimer of any purpose to you being here, betty. And the continuous loop of Wowdumb goes round and round... Wow - "You demanded in a post we re-read something, but all that was was you repeating what Jeff wrote" Hardley wrote the quote from Elberling? Wow, this is turning into a conspiracy... Me - "The post has nothing to do with anything I’ve posted" Wow - "How do you know?" Because I posted it... And the continuous loop of Wowdumb goes round and round… Wow - "How about asking him if you’ve misrepresented him instead?" Actually, Hardley says he told Elberling I "misquoted" him, which is a lie, and Elberling, without having anything to go on but Hardley's lie, supposedly used the word "misinterpreted", not "misrepresented" as you say. But then again, there are so many lies flying around between you and Hardley, who knows what to believe... Anyway, I can see it now: Me - "Mr. Elberling, Hardley lied about how I misquoted you, but Wow looks at it differently.....does that act of posting a quote from you published in ScienceNordic qualify as misrepresenting what you said?" Elberling - "Well, no" Me - "Ok, thanks" "And the continuous loop of Wowdumb goes round and round…" Lie. "Wow – “How do you know?” Because I posted it…" But it was what Jeff posted, so it's not YOU posting it. Wow – “How about asking him if you’ve misrepresented him instead?” "Actually, Hardley says he told Elberling I “misquoted” him " which is a lie indeed.. Here is some of what he said. Once again, burying Betula is easy. “Jeff, I agree that it is frustrating being misinterpreted by climate sceptics. My view is that anthropogenic carbon emissions are really the key issue and problem”. ANYTHING you are quoting to support your claim is being misquoted if even the author is insisting you are wrong in your conclusion. "Anyway, I can see it now: Me – “Mr. Elberling, Hardley lied about how I misquoted you" Yeah, you're doing the same BS again. Hardley @ #9 - "You are desperately clinging to your misquoting of the co-author of the Nature paper" Hardley @ #40 -"I wrote to Bo Elberling, who betula is misquoting, and he kindly responded" Elberling (supposedly) - "I agree that it is frustrating being misinterpreted by climate sceptics" Wow @50 - "How about asking him if you’ve misrepresented him instead" Yet nowhere does anyone attempt to show where or how Elberlings quote is "misquoted", "misinterpreted" or "misrepresented". Wow - "ANYTHING you are quoting to support your claim is being misquoted" Actually, ScienceNordic's claim is that Elberling is urging us not to read too much into what Hardley suggests we read "then re-read it and re-re-re read" because..."We still don’t know how much plants will take up in response, which is particularly important in relation to an increasing root biomass in the Arctic which represents a knowledge gap when speaking about Arctic greening,” So what you are actually saying is that the quote used to support the claim of the person who is being quoted is a misquote... The continuous loop of Wowdumb... "Hardley @ #9 – “You are desperately clinging to your misquoting of the co-author of the Nature paper”" Yup. Your problem? "Wow – “ANYTHING you are quoting to support your claim is being misquoted” Actually, ScienceNordic’s claim is that Elberling is urging us not to read too much into what Hardley suggests we read " Actually, that was MY claim, yet you are not doing that, you're reading a huge problem in AGW in it. Wow - "Yup. Your problem?" Actually it's your problem. You agree there is a "misquote" but can't back it up....as usual. Wow - "Actually, that was MY claim" It was ScienceNordic's claim.. But never let your lies get in the way of your good lies. ScienceNordic - "Study co-author Bo Elberling, head of the Danish Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), a basic research centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, urges caution before reading too much into the new data.” Wow - "you’re reading a huge problem in AGW in it" You're reading your imagination. Hehe...Betula wipes the floor with the climate scare spider and his invented reality. Poor Elberling who had to endure the rants from Hardley. He must pray for a Hardley hiatus. It's really easy to deal with your posts. They contain nothing but insisting you're too dumb to know what is going on. Nobody is surprised by this fact, just that you agree with it too. Nobody can see you asking, though. Oleas - "Poor Elberling who had to endure the rants from Hardley" Good point Oleas. Can you imagine that conversation.... Hardley - Hi Bo, it's me Jeff. I'm on this blog with 3 or 4 other people and some guy posted an actual quote from you in ScienceNordic. Anyway, I don't know how to handle it, could you please help me? Elberling - What does the quote have to do with? Hardley - "Anthropogenic carbon emissions" Elberling - " I didn't say anything about anthropogenic carbon emissions in the ScienceNordic article..." Hardley - "Could you say something to me right now?" Elberling - "Ok Jeff, my view is that anthropogenic carbon emissions are really a problem”. Hardley - "Great! I'll tell him you said that.....that will put him in his place! Thanks Bo!" Yeah, still no content. You can economise on the words. "Betula wipes the floor with the climate scare spider and his invented reality". -says one uneducated Dunning-Kruger acolyte to another. No hint of what my invented reality is. But then again Olaus isn't the brightest bulb on the tree. So the bobbsey twins chime up. Now they are whining about me bothering poor old Bo Eberling. This is the depths to which fucking idiots like Betula and Olaus stoop. They get their arguments reportedly debunked, don't like it, so out some the smears accompanied by chest thumping claims of victory. I wonder why they think the view of a co-author who did not write any of the paper and who only provided data is more important than that of the lead and senior authors (Crowther and Bradford). Ok you two ignoramus geniuses: please explain why. I wait with baited breath. No need. I will do it for you. Eberling was very cautious in his interpretation of the data. Crowther was more forthright. You both want confirmation of your anti-AGW views, so you dispense with Crowther and go with Eberling. Problem is that Crowther is the lead author. You lose. Moreover, Eberling was delighted to hear from me. Wants to have a three way discussion with Tom Crowther and formulate ways to communicate these kinds of findings to a lay audience more effectively (me means unbiased, intelligent people, not you two uneducated clots). And I merely asked him if he thought that AGW was a problem or not. I did tell him I was responding to a layman AGW denier, and that this person - meaning Mr. Prune - is twisting his words to downplay AGW. Eberling was pretty pissed off at that, hence why he wants Tom and me to sit together and discuss this. As for being misrepresented, here is where I throttle you. Eberling thinks that AGW is a serious problem. You have tried to use his quote to suggest that it isn't. Strike one. Eberling says C02 emissions are a direct threat. You would never cite that, because it doesn't fit in with your denier views Strike two. Crowther, the lead author, says that AGW is a serious threat as well and that continued warming threatens to release carbon stored in the soil into the atmosphere. So why doesn't Betula acknowledge this? I have already answered it. Strike three. Betula goes down swinging - again. Betula goes down swinging – again. Or hit by that train that's a coming 'cause he wants to wait to see how fast it is going. See #41 and #44 I have a great idea: come on Betula. You think that you are such a luminary in science. Go ahead and write to Bo Eberling yourself. Tell him that you appreciate his views on a paper in which he is co-author. Tell him that you are delighted that he thinks that there is no threat whatsoever that carbon stored in the soil will become airborne, and therefore that AGW is not a problem. I am sure that you will impress him with your incredibly deep grasp of climate and environmental science, and that your deep wisdom will convince him that not only is carbon stored in the soil not a problem, but that there threat of AGW is overblown. I have posted him email below. Come on Mr. Tree Pruner. Let's see what he says to an intellectual heavyweight like you. be@ign.ku.dk Hint: he is going to think that you are an idiot. Be warned. Olaus, while I am at it why don't you write as well? You are in Sweden, next store to Denmark. Your deep, working knowledge of soil ecology coupled with your impressive CV and publication list will also impress Bo Eberling, I am sure of that. I am convinced that he would be delighted to hear from a fellow Scandinavian who thinks that AGW is no threat. Hardley - "is twisting his words to downplay AGW" Hardley - "Eberling thinks that AGW is a serious problem. You have tried to use his quote to suggest that it isn’t. Strike one" You need to throw the ball to get a strike... Hardley - "Eberling says C02 emissions are a direct threat. You would never cite that, because it doesn’t fit in with your denier views Strike two" It wasn't cited because it wasn't mentioned in the article. Balk. Hardley - Crowther, the lead author, says that AGW is a serious threat as well and that continued warming threatens to release carbon stored in the soil into the atmosphere. And his co-author, who provided the data, urges caution and not to read too much into it....what does that have to do with me? Looks like a torn rotator cuff, no more pitching for you... Hardley, I'm sure Bo Elberling appreciates you posting his email on a blog and encouraging people to ask him if he said what he said. And if you believe he would think I'm an idiot for heeding his advice about not reading too much into it, then he must really think your an idiot for encouraging people (you think he would deem idiots) to contact him. I actually feel sorry for Bo Elberling.... he has to deal with you whereas I don't. Lionel - "Or hit by that train that’s a coming ’cause he wants to wait to see how fast it is going" Lionel, you do realize that there isn't a real train coming....don't you? "Hardley – “is twisting his words to downplay AGW” How?" By claiming this: Uncertainties, “knowledge gaps” (see #6), the reaction of everything on earth in relation to the future actions and responses of everything on earth, the carbon footprint of developing the undeveloped nations, “how much plants will take up in response” to increased CO2, (see #6) and on and on But you don't care, do you, betty, you're just trying to avoid saying anything. Oddly then trying to insist you are saying something when we put something to say in your mouth. "to ask him if he said what he said" Where did Jeff ask you to do that? So, summing up, Betty (if you take time to dig through the shitpile of words) says: 1) everything regarding future climate is settled. 2) there are knowledge gaps and uncertainties. But that's all he's said. Bo Ebelberg says some things that are so important that Betty feels the absolute need to keep banging on about it, but doesn't actually have anything to say on the subject. And has nothing to say on the subject except that it was said. Quite why, then, he felt the need to keep repeating it so often is really REALLY well hidden. As to these knowledge gaps and uncertainties, as said before, he's claimed its all known about in the future, and that he has no stance or knowledge of what the knowledge gaps mean. Hardley – “Eberling says C02 emissions are a direct threat. You would never cite that, because it doesn’t fit in with your denier views Strike two” It wasn’t cited because it wasn’t mentioned in the article. So CO2 emissions were not mentioned, ergo he never mentions them, except... Hardley – Crowther, the lead author, says that AGW is a serious threat as well and that continued warming threatens to release carbon stored in the soil into the atmosphere. Hmmm. So CO2 emissions are mentioned... And to add to the stupid: And his co-author, who provided the data, urges caution and not to read too much into it Yet somehow he read into this that we had knowledge gaps, as if this were significant, and now disavows any attempt to pretend significance Lionel, you do realize that there isn’t a real train coming….don’t you? Look up the word 'analogy' woodentop. Pfft. Betty doesn't understand language. Batshit Betty on the December thread. Lets see how deep the derp goes with this idiot. Much like you, it says nothing…..and confirms it. Hardley, it’s easy to dismiss an article that, in summary, says absolutely nothing. It’s like dismissing you… Like I said, it’s easy to dismiss something that says nothing. But in post #12 Batshit Betty types this as the content of the link described as "says nothing": 1. The brilliant scientist’s (after all these years) “haven’t taken into account a major source of carbon in the environment” 2. These same scientists are sure that “Global warming is beyond the point of no return” 4. And this gem….”This information will be critical as we strive to understand how the climate is going to change in the future” 5. “These effects of climate change will certainly be felt disproportionately by poorer people” 6. “There’s a nice analogy; if you step in front of an oncoming bus, no doctor in the world can tell you how damaging the impact is going to be.” Seems to be saying something! Batshit Betty on the paper that had six fairly important points but "says nothing" is summed up by the moronic mutthead as: Post 12Scientific conclusion reached from this article: We need to redistribute wealth to the poor nations in order to prevent damage from a point of no return that may possibly possibly become a worse point of no return based on things we forgot to consider, a “stance” that hasn’t materialized yet, a strive to understand how climate will change and a story about a bus. Which isn't in the paper at all but defends it much later on with: Post 38:It stands that if they are more affected because they are poor, they would be less affected if they were wealthy.</i? Of course, anyone else doing that is HEINOUSLY WRONG according to old Batshit Betty Bonkers: Post16 Just because you think something, it doesn’t mean I said it Remember, in the world of the Completely Batshit like Betty here, hypocrisy is not when Betty does it. Batshit Betty really loves to make up the internal knowledge of others: Post 16: much like you think the ideological driven article you linked gives you insight to a catastrophic-only future….which it doesn’t. But HATES it when anyone DARES to it to the Bonkers psychopath Betty: Post16 Just because you think something, it doesn’t mean I said it….. Mind you, the batshit doesn't stop there! Hardley, there is a reason you’re talking to an empty classroom….it’s you Yes Hardley, when you realize you are just lecturing to yourself, you will realize this blog died long ago… Of course, this made up reality isn't bad, since Ideological imaginings are just fine. Oh... Ideological Ramblings 101 doesn’t count….it’s a required course in all progressive asylums.. Note, for the extra irony: "progressive". Of course, Batshit Betty knows about uncertainties: Me again – “The fact is, once again Hardley, you don’t know how it fits into the equation…it’s unknown…..not good, not bad…unknown.You’re ideology, as well as BDuds, is blinding you from seeing otherwise.” And now, here we have your scientist friends basically saying the same thing I’ve been saying for years Strange, you admit (“Yup”) that they don’t know how climate is going to change but you are sure we can stop making what they don’t know worse… But doesn't know what it means for itself: It has to do with the funny fact that 12 years of “weather” in Algonquin is apparently insignificant Because, uncertainties mean you can TOTALLY cut just one station out and get an accurate figure for the planet and the current trends from that one datapoint, as long as it's 12 years long. And again more batshit: I get it…it’s only the organisms deemed detrimental that are predicted to become more active due to warming. But the only one saying this is Batty. However, as we have seen many times on this page, making shit up and putting it in the mouth of Batshit Betty is REALLY BAD. Because Betty wants that for her own use. Batshit Betty BS continues: BB, post 38: Wow – “But we can stop making it worse and slow down the change.” Lets have a look at what I said: Me, post #29: “So they admit they aren’t sure how the climate is going to change in the future…” So, when Batshit Betty sees a "Yup" to "they aren't sure", ol' Batshit here then attacks based on the "they aren't sure" being synonymous with "they don’t know". Lets See What was said by Jeff: And once again, Betula plays the “If we don’t know everything then we don’t know anything” canard But what does Batshit Betty do? Post 88: Hardley – “IF WE DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING, THEN WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING” You see this Wow? This is not the first time Hardley has posted these words… This is probably where you got the idea that I said they didn’t know anything! Remember? Yup, that's right, Betty forgot that they already concluded "they don't know" as being the same as "they aren't sure", and gets REAL bent out of shape, and PRETENDS never to have gotten them confused. Whenever you see Batshit going librarian-poo over some impercunious accusation, just remember this one. Betty confuses "they aren't sure" with "they don't know" Jeff points out Betty is playing the "If we don't know everything, we don't know anything" canard, an accurate description of the error just played. Betty then keeps pointing back to Jeff and Jeff alone, as the "source" of the claim that Betty confuses "not sure" with "knows nothing". Wow @73 Hardley – “is twisting his words to downplay AGW” "Uncertainties, “knowledge gaps” (see #6), the reaction of everything on earth in relation to the future actions and responses of everything on earth, the carbon footprint of developing the undeveloped nations, “how much plants will take up in response” to increased CO2, (see #6) and on and on" That was in response to your bringing up..."what is unsettled? Where in there did I state anything about AGW? Sorry, the above was Wow @ 76... @86: what? Batshit betty at 86-87: Wow @77 - “to ask him if he said what he said” "Where did Jeff ask you to do that?" Since I posted what he said, and that appears to be a problem for you and Hardley, what else would I ask? Since I posted what he said.. Posting what he said isn't where Jeff asked you to ask Bo if he said what he said. "what else would I ask?" What he meant. You, rather than this: he said something. Ask him what he meant, since this is DEFINITELY not what he said. "So, summing up, Betty (if you take time to dig through the shitpile of words) says:" "1) everything regarding future climate is settled. 2) there are knowledge gaps and uncertainties" 1) Where did I say that? 2) Words of the scientists. Batshit Betty:"1) Where did I say that?" @79: But in post #12 Batshit Betty types this as the content of the link described as “says nothing”: Read it. read it again. then re-read it and re-read it some more until you understand it. Then read it a few more times to see if you got it this time. "2) Words of the scientists." What words of the scientists? Batshit Betty: "“1) everything regarding future climate is settled." 1) Where did I say that?" everything regarding future climate is settled More Wow @78 - "Quite why, then, he felt the need to keep repeating it so often is really REALLY well hidden" Only to you, because you are on the continuous loop of Wowdumb... With Hardley however, it struck a nerve because he realizes the irony of his suggestion to read, re-read and re-re-re read an article he posted about the paper, yet a co-author of the actual paper urges not to read too much into it It's classic Hardley riding along the Deltoid wheel of Wowdumb... @Batshit Betty “Quite why, then, he felt the need to keep repeating it so often is really REALLY well hidden" Only to you No, to everyone. Including yourself. Recall who said this? Just because you think something, it doesn’t mean I said it….. World of Batshit with the "special" guest Betty here is going to run for DECADES. So Betty, how does it feel to complain about this "Wowdumb" when I didn't even get to post 42 on the first page and managed to show six incredibly dumb claims from you? remember what Batshit Betty does: Yup, that’s right, Betty forgot that they already concluded “they don’t know” as being the same as “they aren’t sure”, and gets REAL bent out of shape, and PRETENDS never to have gotten them confused. Betty confuses “they aren’t sure” with “they don’t know” Jeff points out Betty is playing the “If we don’t know everything, we don’t know anything” canard, an accurate description of the error just played. Betty then keeps pointing back to Jeff and Jeff alone, as the “source” of the claim that Betty confuses “not sure” with “knows nothing”. And just remember how Batshit Betty here "works", in case you forget. Read it again, this REALLY deserves it! Wow claiming I said everything regarding climate is settled, yet we have this.. Wow @63 – “Why, then are you whining about how it’s not settled????” And then @14 the things I brought up that aren't settled..... Wow claiming I said everything regarding climate is settled, Yup. Even gave you where. Couldn't find it? To which you replied that you never said it wasn't settled. I'd give you where you said that, but you don't seem to know where you leave your posts. And then @14 the things I brought up that aren’t settled So when you claimed you HADN'T said it wasn't settled, you were lying. Wow @ #4 - All true, the "article" Hardley linked said nothing. Your need to selectively edit what I wrote proves it. Wow -" So when you claimed you HADN’T said it wasn’t settled, you were lying" Nope. 63 comes before 64 liar. More Batshit Betty@ page 1: Post #88: Wow – “you only understand a scenario that you made up in your own mind, betty” The scenario in my mind involves the actual words of the co-author of the paper Yet what were the words? Post 12 people! But maybe these WERE the words! Oooh, post 38: So they were not from his imagination, but they were the words of the scientist, but they aren't the words of the scientist, and were instead something he interpreted (using his imagination). Where did I claim that 63 doesn't come before 64? Are you lying again, Batshit? Wow @ #4 – All true, the “article” Hardley linked said nothing. Then how did you manage to get 6 points, AND the words of the scientists???? Did you imagine those words? cf: Post 88, page 1: Page 2: post 32 Wow – “Maybe for you it is, but like I said before, I know 63 is before 64” Now is 14 before or after 63....? "Your need to selectively edit what I wrote proves it." So you admit that editing what was said "proves" the paper says nothing??? A tautology: removing the content makes a paper say nothing by definition. What selective editing was done? How does it change your post? And how does it "prove" whatever it is you're now claiming it proves? (note:please let everyone know what you're trying to prove when you claim it;s proven, because you've made so many non-claims and refusals that you've made claims, that we can't tell when you're making a claim or just repeating someone else) Wow @3 - "Wow claiming I said everything regarding climate is settled" "Yup. Even gave you where. Couldn’t find it?" Sure, and I was talking about you....again you had to selectively edit to hide your lie... #22 - "Apparently everything regarding future climate is settled, regardless of uncertainties and knowledge gaps" What you posted: 6. “There’s a nice analogy; if you step in front of an oncoming bus, no doctor in the world can tell you how damaging the impact is going to be What I wrote: Sort of like forgetting the affect of the oceans… 2. These same scientists are sure that “Global warming is beyond the point of no return”….and DT’s “stance” will take it to a more catastrophic point of no return…because it’s a “stance”. So soil organisms are to benefit from warming, which of course, is worse than if they didn’t benefit…. So they admit they aren’t sure how the climate is going to change in the future… So they are attempting to understand the change, which changes as they begin to understand the things they didn’t take into account….. but they are “certain” that what they don’t understand will affect people based on wealth distribution. Again….ideology mixed with vagueness. But we’ve already stepped in front of the bus…we’ve reached “the point of no return”. Of course, if you stepped in front of an oncoming solar powered bus, then you would have nothing to worry about… If you think by "says nothing", I mean there are no words. then you are a full blow retard, which you are. “Yup. Even gave you where. Couldn’t find it?” Sure, and I was talking about you See, you're trying the same thing again. Page 1Post 88: again you had to selectively edit to hide your lie… Yet somehow you can't show the "unedited" version that shows "my lie". That would be because unedited it doesn't do anything of the sort. Now is 14 before or after 63….? Considering 63 was on page 1 and 14 was on page 2, anyone with a brain would say page 1 (#63) comes before page 2 (#14) You really are retarded! Yup. I took out your commentary, nothing removed about what you noticed in the paper. And those six things are not "nothing". Otherwise you would have been unable to write them. If you think by “says nothing”, I mean there are no words. then you are a full blow retard Ah so because you are a retard who could only be reasonable intuited to mean "take out all the words and it says nothing", this is me being a retard?!?!?! But if you think that, then you are a full blown retard. And one unable to type coherently. English. It has a grammar and language. You failed at both. Considering 63 was on page 1 and 14 was on page 2, 14 was on page 1. So, is page 2 on page 1 as well? Or is your mistake here "proof" I'm a full blown retard? Wow @3 – “Wow claiming I said everything regarding climate is settled” Except you never said you were talking about me. Where in that post did you say you were talking about me when you said the science was settled? Or do you want me to put words in that I think ought to be there? But, then again, if anyone does, you don't like it, do you? Post16, Page 1: Batshit Betty "Just because you think something, it doesn’t mean I said it" So I can;t think you were talking to me, because that doesn't mean you said it. And if anyone does that, you call them liars! Wow, you can selectively edit comments all night long to satisfy your imagination....but since this blog only consists of the two of us, and I know what you are doing and how you are lying, you just end up looking like a full blown retard to 100% of your audience. Wow, you can selectively edit comments all night long So can you. But editing them doesn't make the meaning change. If this were so, then synopsis wouldn't work in literature. I know what you are doing Yes, showing what you've said. I've edited out bits that don't change the meaning, however. I think EVERYONE knows what I'm doing. It's VERY common in discussion to cut out the unnecessary to keep things readable. Though I completely understand how you fare better when posts, and even threads, cannot be read easily. and how you are lying I'm not. You said you knew what I was doing, but now you're saying you were wrong when you said: you can selectively edit comments all night long Where does it say "lying" in "edit comments"? Batshit Betty, this is your fault, you know. If you didn't keep posting what other people said then post things you said, then refer back to what you posted about what someone else said, making the thread over-complicated, I wouldn't HAVE to edit out the cruft. If you didn't demand that nobody intuit what you mean if you don't put it in explicitly, we wouldn't have to ask you to put in all the words you need to say to get what you're talking about in a post, making it overlong and impossible for you to defend your meaning when what you said didn't say what you meant. Wow - "Except you never said you were talking about me" Yet, you managed to edit out the words "Apparenly" and "regardless of uncertainties and knowledge gaps” The same uncertainties and knowledge gaps that I said were unsettled (in response to your bringing it up at 63) and that you claimed were "settled" But I really don't have to explain this to you, your selective editing proves you already know it.... unless you are truly retarded, which you are. You're a waste of time. And when I tire of you, as I always do, and which I'm doing, you will be stuck in your padded Deltoid cell with no one to talk to but Hardley. A very sad situation. but since this blog only consists of the two of us Apart from Lappers, StuPid, Jeff, Lionel, you mean? And you whine about ME leaving stuff out?!?! At least when I leave stuff out, it doesn't change the meaning of the claim. Wow – “Except you never said you were talking about me” Yet, you managed to edit out the words “Apparenly Yes, you were saying that it appears to you that the science is settled. There is no change from "It appears that the science is settled" "The science is settled" they both mean the same thing! The same uncertainties and knowledge gaps that I said were unsettled But you insisted that you hadn't said the science was not settled. Worth a repost – Because you read so much into it... your selective editing proves you already know it No, I'm NOT ALLOWED to know that, all you allow others do know is the precise words you used in black and white, no more. Remember post 16, page 1? Batshit Betty: “Just because you think something, it doesn’t mean I said it” I'm NOT ALLOWED to add words you didn't say just because I think those words were "meant" to be there! Worth a repost – Because you read so much into it… Where did anyone other than yourself read too much into that? Remember what you said page 1, post 16 applies to you as well as anyone else. Did you, Batshit Betty? What did you conclude? Having told you, Batshit Betty, the following: And those six things are not “nothing”. Otherwise you would have been unable to write them You haven't come up with anything that indicates the editing changed the meaning. So therefore you could find no change in the meaning and the edit that caused it. It's not like you can claim you didn't have time to post it. Wow - "But you insisted that you hadn’t said the science was not settled" Correct, I never said "the science was not settled" A flash of sanity on you part. Wow - "And those six things are not “nothing”. Otherwise you would have been unable to write them" The word "nothing" is nothing, yet I am able to write it. Correct, I never said “the science was not settled” But you just said you did! Post #2, this page! Why do you lie with so little care? You at least used to wait until there was half a hundred posts between your claim and your insistence you never made that claim! The word “nothing” is nothing, yet I am able to write it. But the words you wrote weren't "Nothing". If you thing you wrote Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing. For six points, you must be a full blown retard that thinks they're a full blown retard! And that's BATSHIT CRAZY! Lets do it again,Batshit Betty thinks this: Is just the word "Nothing"! So when I ignore you and everyone else saying you said the science isn't settled, that's "a flash of sanity"???? That's batshit, betty. Wow - "But you just said you did" Nope - I said there are uncertainties and knowledge gaps that are unsettled....I get these word from scientists, they appear in many of the papers, in fact Elberling used the phrase "knowledge gap" Why aren't you arguing with Elberling? Certainly you must think he claimed “the science was not settled". Why do you think that? Wow - "Lets do it again" Only let's do it right: If you think by “says nothing”, I mean there are no words. then you are a full blow retard, which you are. Wow – “But you just said you did” Nope – I said there are uncertainties and knowledge gaps that are unsettled And these knowledge gaps and uncertainties are in nothing? Well, if the gaps and uncertainties are in nothing, then they don't exist: Nothing has uncertainty and we have knowledge gaps in nothing! Wow – “Lets do it again” Only let’s do it right: The bits you added can't make it MORE nothing! A shedload of words plus another shedload of words is NOT the word "Nothing". How batshit are you, betty? Wow - Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing Wow is going all Jack Torrance. It's just a matter of time... Wow - "And these knowledge gaps and uncertainties are in nothing?" What do you have against Elberling? I get these word from scientists, they appear in many of the papers So you read those words, but you don't think that means the science isn't settled, and have never thought the science wasn't settled (because those words appeared in many of the papers?). But you don't want anything done about what the science says? And you want people to know what doesn't change the science conclusions? You DO realise that your silly attempts to pretend that your Batshit Crazy is not batshit only makes you more batshit crazy. Strange question.... Wow - "A shedload of words plus another shedload of words is NOT the word “Nothing" Yet with that, you just proved they have the same meaning. Wow – Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing Except you edited out words that DO change the meaning. But even if you just take that, it does not follow that your claim "Wow is going all Jack Torrance. It’s just a matter of time…" is true. After all, you said "Wow - Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing" Which appears to be a nihilist chant from you, with some surprise at your beginning. Wow – “A shedload of words plus another shedload of words is NOT the word “Nothing” I didn't. Remember, page 1, post 16: Batshit Betty: “Just because you think something, it doesn’t mean I said it” Two problems there, Batshit Betty. a) you have to show how that proof arises b) you have to show I meant it Not a good day for you, is it you cray-cray biatch! Not forgetting that you claimed post 14 was on page 2 and post 63 on page 1, when they were both on page 1, and haven't managed to get around to admitting it yet... Wow - "Nothing" But Elberling used the phrase "knowledge gap". You must think he's bat crazy... What do you think he means by knowledge gap and how does it affect any conclusion he may have on the subject he is referring to? BTW, betty, one reason why Jeff and Lionel are silent is to give you less clutter to hide behind. The reason why Lappers, Kim and StuPid are silent is because they're unable to follow reality, and your posts are to cray-cray for them to follow. Wow – “Nothing” But Elberling used the phrase “knowledge gap”. Yeah. So what? Just because you think something doesn't mean I said it. You must think he’s bat crazy… No, Batshit Betty, YOU'RE the batshit crazy one. Haven't you picked up on that yet? What do you think he means by knowledge gap I asked first, Batshit Betty. Naughty naughty! We all know, you included, why you want me to answer first: because you won't ever answer. how does it affect any conclusion he may have on the subject he is referring to? Nuh uh uh, Batshit Betty! You first! Wow - "Not forgetting that you claimed post 14 was on page 2 and post 63 on page 1, when they were both on page 1, and haven’t managed to get around to admitting it yet…" Wow #13 this page - "And then @14 the things I brought up that aren’t settled" "Page 2: post 32" Looks like not only did you forget you posted that #14 is on pg 2 (which it is), but you have proven that you don't realize how insane you are in the process. 'course not following it won't stop lappers or kim from making vague and generic cheers of approbation for Batshit Betty here. After all, saying "Good on your demolishing those people who don't agree with us, Betty!", since that doesn't require any knowledge of what was said, least of all what was said by Batshit Betty here. Wow #13 this page – “And then @14 the things I brought up that aren’t settled” “Page 2: post 32” Yeeerrrrssss. Tell me, do these two numbers look the same to you? Looks like not only did you forget you posted that #14 is on pg 2 Nope, 14 is on page 1. I even linked it back to the entire start of the post, including the date. See my post #20, this page: Heck page 2, post 1 is from Jeff Harvey and is dated December 7, 2016. Now is 2 before or after 7, Batshit Betty? Don't forget, BB, YOU were the one going on about the hard maths! Is 2 less than 1? Is 14 less than 63? You have currently been unable to answer these "hard maths" questions. Whereas YOU could only put one "hard maths" query to me: Even by YOUR batshit reasoning, you're losing 3 to 1. Wow, you're out doing yourself here. By Stu 2 (not verified) on 09 Dec 2016 #permalink Was I? Goodness, I would never have guessed. I am being sarcastic. I guess you haven't manged to work up anything more significant, hmm? There's nothing significant to comment about on this thread Wow. Particularly, but not only, your comments. It's amusing to watch however. You're really going for it. Another empty post. One that even admits it's empty. StuPid thinks posting that is somehow worthwhile. Even though they keep fake whining about how we need to do something substantive.... Deniers. You just can't make that crazy shit up, you have to let reality display it and goggle at the stupid. As always the limits of modern psychiatry become evident when Hardley and Wow fight with their imginary enemies. It's heartbreaking to watch and all you want is to hug them and whisper in their ears "that everyting is fine and that mother still loves you". Beg, lappers, beg for that doggietreat! Good boy! Hey, Batshit Betty, apparently you don't exist! LOL! Maybe lappers has you blocked so they don't have to put up with reading your posts. It's not like lappers cares what you write or that it is in any way driving what he says. There is our Swedish meatball again, copying Betula's insults word for word. My gosh this guy is unoriginal. Note how Betula and Olaus haven't explained why they think that Tom Crowther, seniorauthor of the Nature paper, and who was interviewed in media all over the world, is wrong, and instead focus on an other embedded in there middle of the paper who just said that there were uncertainties in drawing conclusions about the data. Here is what Crowther said: "It’s fair to say we have passed the point of no return on global warming and we can’t reverse the effects, but certainly we can dampen them,” said the biodiversity expert. Climate change may be considerably more rapid than we thought it was.” The we have the words of Professor Ivan Janssens: "This study is very important, because the response of soil carbon stocks to the ongoing warming, is one of the largest sources of uncertainty in our climate models.” Then I bring in Betula. What is his professional background in soil ecology, climate or environmental science? None. Has he ever done any research in related fields, or indeed any field of science? NO. So what does he doe here? He cherry picks. He belittles the views of the lead author and, after a frantic search on the internet, digs ups an article in a Danish paper which quotes one off their own, Bo Eberling, who was 19th in the list of 47 authors on the paper. Eberling did not contribute to the writing, because that was done by Crowther and Mark Bradford. On what empirical basis does Betula dismiss Crowther's comments? None. This is because he does not understsnr the science. If Betula was (1) one of the co-authors, or (2) and leading authority in relevant fields, then his comments on a blog would carry some weight. But he is neither of those two things. He is a layman who is exhibiting confirmation bias. His bias is drawn from his political views in which he sees measure to deal with AGW as a threat to the system he worships. I gave home Dr. Eberling's email address so that he can write and thank Eberling for saying in the interview that the paper on which he is a co-author is worthless crap because of the uncertainties. Of course Eberling won't say that. And Betula knows it. He also doesn't want to see Eber,ing admit that AGW is a serious threat and that we need to deal with it. Norte how Betula has strayed away from that because it he knows that it undermines his little hobby-horse. If this was a face-to-face debate between Betula and me he would be laughed into oblivion. But as its on a blog, and he is anonymous, he can set the framework for the discussion any way that he wishes. This is why blogs are a waste of time. Also if we were debating I would bury him with science. I would bering Tom along to watch the carnage. But again, there is no arbiter and thus anyone can say what they like. And Olaus claims Betula is 'wiping the floor' with me. Hilarious. In a pig's eye. This isn't a debate. If it was as I said Betula would have been sent packing pages ago. And again, when did we expect to hear his response from Eberling? There won't be one. Petula won't write because he knows he will be humiliated. He knows it. And Hardley re-enterns with his usual long rants, mothfrothing, and sexually chared self obsession. But why does the spider specialist put so many hours in battling demons of his fantasy? Because he can't handle reality. Betula put him in his place with a simple quotation and Jeffy immediately goes into fetus mode and starts imagining things while Betula can pop the popcorn and enjoy the freak show. Woof woof, lappers! Jeff. The environment and/or the climate doesn't care about any debate. Neither do they care about your qualifications or anyone else's for that matter (including mine of course). You seem to fail to recognise that 'the debate' is not actually about 'the science'. You're also not recognising that most well educated people agree that human activity impacts the environment. It always has. Most educated people respect science and what is has done for humanity. What people are questioning is examples of your 'the only way' mantra which is not even based on your cliamed field of expertise. We all know that you're well educated in your field. Good for you, but that's not even slightly relevant to 'the debate'. You have no scientific evidence that your 'the only way' will achieve worthwhile TBL outcomes as 'the debate' is about global socio economic policies. Labelling everyone and assigning them 'tribes' like 'deniers' or 'lukewarmers' or 'left wing' or 'neoliberalist' & etc & etc and then arguing that if they don't agree with your 'the only way' there's something amiss with their intellectual capacities is bordering on nonsense. The climate and the environment is highly complex and variable. The inputs that cause change and adaption are also highly complex and variable. One grand socio economic endeavour is not a silver bullet or magic way to make the climate and environment behave itself. And just to make Wow feel better, here is links to the definition (and some synonyms & antonyms) of the behaviour that I'm observing. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hubris http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/hubris "The environment and/or the climate doesn’t care about any debate." Then fuck off, if you think the environment doesn't care. Why waste everyone else's time here? Oh, and please cut out the passiveaggressive whinefest. Nobody buys it. Cheers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_lying Defining characteristics of pathological lying include: The stories told are usually dazzling or fantastical, but never breach the limits of plausibility, which is key to the pathological liar's tactic. The tales are not a manifestation of delusion or some broader type of psychosis; upon confrontation, the teller can admit them to be untrue, even if unwillingly. The fabricative tendency is chronic; it is not provoked by the immediate situation or social pressure so much as it is an innate trait of the personality. There is some element of dyscontrol present. A definitely internal, not an external, motive for the behavior can be discerned clinically: e.g., long-lasting extortion or habitual spousal battery might cause a person to lie repeatedly, without the lying being a pathological symptom.[2] The stories told tend toward presenting the liar favorably. The liar "decorates their own person"[3] by telling stories that present them as the hero or the victim. For example, the person might be presented as being fantastically brave, as knowing or being related to many famous people, or as having great power, position, or wealth. Hardley, you only thing you know to do is: appeal to authority. In my judgement you don't deserve your salary and as your boss I would fire you on the spot because of incompetence, inefficency, insubordination and vast insufficiency in your job (e.g. the many hours of time you betray your employers when wasting your paid work time with writing useless hate rants on the internet). Why do you consistently and purposefully evade questions on the hiatus in your cv?? And for you deniers going on about the 1970's cooling or the meme that models aren't matching reality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulation In psychiatry, confabulation (verb: confabulate) is a disturbance of memory, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world Though whether it's right to attribute no real desire to deceive is highly suspicious. "Hardley, you only thing you know to do is: appeal to authority." http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority In order to be fallacious, the argument must appeal to the authority because of their qualification in an irrelevant field and should be irrelevant to the argument at hand Dumbass kim. http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2013/01/six-fallacies-called-incorre… Incorrectly Calling Logical Fallacies Regular readers will know that critical thinking involves knowing logical fallacies – recognizing them in other people’s arguments, and not using them in your own. But falsely calling fallacies is just as bad. Arguably worse, since using a fallacious argument just means you haven’t justified your argument - your argument could still be right for other reasons. Falsely calling a fallacy means you are saying something is wrong when it isn’t. "Labelling everyone and assigning them ‘tribes’ like ‘deniers’ or ‘lukewarmers’ " Deniers (and lukewarmers) have a very valid definition, complaining about this is like complaining about calling some furniture "chairs" and others "tables". "or ‘left wing’ or ‘neoliberalist’ " FFS, only you've gone and done that. Just there. Meanwhile, whilst you're pointing fingers (I thought you said this was "our" problem, not yours?), nobody cares what you're blathering on about because we universally accord it the status of complete self-serving bollocks that it is. You ARE NEVER going to change what we do here, because we recognise how shallow and fake your argument is. You've lost it. Nobody is listening. But you won't do that, will you. Narcissistic Traits A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: "evade questions on the hiatus" There was no hiatus. Another confabulation error from you, kuim. This is the cv of Hardley: Date of birth: 28-12-57 Place of birth: Toronto, Canada BSc: (Zoology), Liverpool University, 1991 PhD: (Nutritional Ecology of a host-parasitoid interaction), Liverpool University 1995 1995-1995: Post doctoral research fellow (Keele University, UK) 1995-1997: Royal Society post doctoral research fellow (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) 1997-1999: Post doctoral research (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 1999-1999: Associate Editor, Nature, London 2000-present: Senior Scientist, Netherlands Institute of Ecology 2013-present Visiting Professor, Vrije University, Amsterdam Can you see the hiatus? Good one Wow. I need to thank you again for your demonstration. I appreciate the help. Kim. as I have said, you and Betula have an alarming obsession about me. Please seek medical help immediately. As for appealing to authority, what kind of a jackass are you?!?!? Since you have absolutely no expertise in any scientific disciplines, what gives you the acumen to be able to separate good science from bad science? The tooth fairy? A mysterious agent that has infused you with the Dunning-Kruger effect? Please enlighten us all here. My guess is that you are one of those crackpots who is into conspiracy theories. You, Betula and Olaus are three of a kind. Grade A dipsticks. I tend to defer to the opinions of over 95% of the scientific community. This includes every major scientific organisation and National Academy. You can stick with shills for all that I fucking care. Olaus, Betula couldn't put a kindergarten child into his place. A relevant question is, what is his point in quoting Bo Eberling? What is the end game? That Eberling thinks that the data should be interpreted with caution? So what? All scientists say that. Does that mean that the Nature paper, on which Eberling gladly accepted an authorship, is wrong? That the conclusions are meaningless? That there is nothing to be concerned about, given the uncertainties? And why doesn't Betula quote the lead author? Why is he being selective? Could it be because Crowther is far more concerned about the implications? Given that Betula and you know diddly squat about soil ecology and climate science, what gives you the authority to dismiss the serious implications of this study? Your own educations? I don't expect a rational answer. I never get one. You are giving deniers a worse name than it already has. Quite a feat. Stu, why don't you go away. I see no attempt on your part to respond to the idiotic musings of Betula, Kim and Olaus. This proves what I said about you before. Closet denier. It's Sunday morning so let's have some fun with the deeply intellectual wannabes on Deltoid. Kim talks about my career hiatus (Yawn, how childish, but this is what they do, so I'll bite). First, tell us all here what you do for a living Kim. If its the truth, you probably won't say anything, so i expect one of two things: (1) No response; (2) a blatant lie, profoundly exaggerating your qualifications. But I will go with (1) because you are too embarrassed to tell us all here what you do. As for my professional hiatus, please tell me more. I have co-authored 16 papers this year, the most in my career in a single year, will get over 600 citations and my h-factor passed the 40 mark. No hiatus there. Olaus thinks I am an expert on spiders. If only! They are a fascinating group of arthropods, and I have used lycosids as predators in studying chemical mimicry (of ants) and defense in cryptine ichneumonids. But that's it. I tend to focus on the Hymenopotera. Onto Betula, the grand wizard of the deniers here and who is clearly worshipped by Olaus and Kim. They endlessly mimic him wit their smears, but hopefully not chemically. Betula's strategy, if one can call it that, is to search the internet for quotes to dismiss the significance of the potential consequences of climate change. In doing so he is super selective; thus he will ignore 50 scientists who say that AGW is a real threat and, bingo!, quotes No.51. And he often even distorts what No. 51 says. His aim in quoting Bo Eberling was to downplay the implications of a Nature study that has been covered in the mainstream media around the world. Here are some of the headlines generated: "Loss of soil carbon due to climate change will be "huge" "Losses of soil carbon under global warming might equal U.S. emissions" "Scientists have long feared this ‘feedback’ to the climate system. Now they say it’s happening" "Earth warming to climate tipping point, warns study" "Arctic soils: a ticking climate time bomb" (the study that quotes Bo Eberling) "Climate change escalating so fast it is 'beyond point of no return" "A Catastrophic Amount of Carbon Could Leak From the Soil By 2050" "Warming soil to emit as much carbon as U.S. by 2050" "A bunch of carbon dioxide that's been trapped in the soil is starting to escape — and it’s bad news for the planet" "Warming soil to release US-worth of carbon by mid-century" "As Global Warming Gets Worse, Can The Soil Release As Much Carbon As The Entire US?" "Global study indicates warming will lead to soil carbon loss" "Carbon dioxide released by soil could undermine climate efforts" "Arctic soil is a ticking climate time bomb" "A dreaded carbon time bomb lurks beneath your feet" "Massive amounts of carbon dioxide could leak from the soil by mid century" "New Study Warns Massive Release Of Soil Carbon Dioxide Will Be Like Adding Another Fully Industrialized Country To The Map" etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. These are the lurid headlines generated by Tom's paper. Certainly eye-catching, and incredibly alarming. Thus far few if any rejoinders have emerged. Denier blogs are not touching this with a ten foot barge pole. They can't because virtually none of the people who run these blogs knows anything about climate science. They cherry pick from think tanks and blogs they like. On this blog there are at the moment three AGW deniers, None of them has any scientific education. ~They perpetually attack me on the basis that I do, and also because I am evil in siding with 97% of the scientific community, They desperately try and isolate me, to give the impression that my views on climate change conflict with the scientific evidence (which they know nothing about, give once again that they possess on relevant qualifications) and also contrasts with the views of the scientific community. On Deltoid this is an example of Michael Mann's ' Serengeti Strategy'. As the media headlines unambiguously show, the Crowther et al. study in Nature was widely covered in the media and the overriding theme was that the Arctic in particular is a ticking time bomb in terms of carbon stores in the soil being released into the atmosphere as it warms, especially if critical thresholds are exceeded (see Scheffer and colleagues for a relevant discussion on 'tipping points'. The Nature study is profoundly important. End of story. Or is it? Not on Deltoid. A guy who owns a tree pruning company is angry. He thinks that the paper is crap, and he is going to tell the world why - except that he isn't. This is because he can't tell mycorrhizal fungi from elephant droppings. But that doesn't matter! He still thinks the paper is crap, because it does not conform with his confirmation bias. Therefore he searches the internet, finds an article which actually says thew implications of the paper are serious, but then quotes the 17th listed of 49 authors who says that we need to interpret the results with caution because it discusses an indirect measure of carbon (e.g. stored carbon rather than carbon directly being released into the atmosphere) and because some of the airborne carbon may be taken up by the roots. The tree pruner makes a Tarzan wail, pounds his chest like a Silverback gorilla, and then effectively dismisses the study. Nothing to worry about. The 17th author says that there are uncertainties in what will happen. So let's keep up AGW! Keep those emissions going! Stored soil carbon stocks may stay there forever, even as the Arctic continues to warm at a rapid rate! Nothing to worry about! At this point the reader may ask why Nature, the world's leading journal, published an article that generated conclusions which leave a lot of uncertainties. Heck, in the view of the pruner, these aren't just uncertainties; in his view AGW is a left wing hoax anyway with 97% of scientists on board because they are left wing pinkos who want a UN-led world government. So the paper is crap. When requested if he will write a stunning rebuttal to Nature, with meatball and crazy Kim as co-authors, he backs off. When asked if he will write to the allegedly dissenting co-author for clarification, he backs off. No need! I won on Deltoid! I proved the study is crap! And I have 2 other idiots who say they agree with me! Is it any wonder that the denier ranks are in such trouble these days if it is populated by the likes of Betula, Kim and Olaus? So Jeff @# 93. Does that mean you're more interested in arguing and/or debating about youself than anything else???? "I need to thank you again for your demonstration. I appreciate the help." And again with the content free passive aggressive bullshit, Stupid. Odd how your finger pointing and labeling isn't a demonstration of your "point". It's as if your "point" was merely about going "LOOK AT ME! DO WHAT I SAY!". "Does that mean you’re more interested in arguing and/or debating about youself than anything else" Does that mean that you are trying to derail the conversation with stupid accusations and have no desire whatsoever to get to a useful point? @kuim: This is the cv of Hardley: @StuPid (to Jeff): Does that mean you’re more interested in arguing and/or debating about youself than anything else Closet denier? No, just a wanker pretending to not be denier so he can prop up the "arguments" of his pals and ensure that YOU don't demolish their silly ad homs and prevarications. Not even a closet denier. A denier pretending they're not as camoflage. Shit camo, but camo nonetheless. Kim you dumbass, Jeff is an authority, and that is why he posts here you clot Stu2pid, as for Ol Piss into wind he wouldn't know cirrus from alto-stratus. And Betula haven't you got any work to do, what an intellectually impoverished life you lead. "And Betula haven’t you got any work to do" This IS betty's job. Doesn't pay well, hence the terrible output. One last nail in the libtard coffin... https://www.yahoo.com/news/louisiana-runoff-decide-nations-last-congres… Serendipity is a wonderful thing looking up something else on the European (and British) robin I found this: The avian magnetic compass of the robin has been extensively researched and uses Vision-Based Magnetoreception, in which the robin's ability to sense the magnetic field of the earth for navigation is affected by the light entering the bird's eye. The physical mechanism of the robin's magnetic sense is not fully understood, but may involve quantum entanglement of electron spins. How even more wonderful is evolution if that last turns out to be true. And there are the denialists only seeing in black and white — how primitive. Betula #1 by pointing at that you just made my point at #2 Louisiana a state of retards. Besides, don't ever use the expression 'one last nail' again, every time it is used it reminds us how short the memory span the average denialist has, just as the use of 'libtard' betrays their extreme ideology based upon ignorance. Nasty, small minded jerks. Ah,the whinge of the "strong" redneck retard. And so soon after their bestie StuPid cried off about all that labeling and tribalism. One has to worry where they're getting all these nails and coffins from, though. http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/4348721/hanson-slacktivists-and… Here is that symptom again. Ah, anothr rightwingnutjob blogroll, Stupid? It's an example of how you rightwingers keep blasting empty hate at everyone who doesn't agree with you or wants to do things you think too "commie" or "hippie" to put up with happening in "your" country? How come you didn't link here: http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2016/12/02/december-2016-open-thread/co… Libtards? Louisiana a State of retards? Denialists only see in black and white? Rednecks? Rightwingers? Commie? Hippie? Stupid mistakes the symptom for the disease which latter being bigoted ignorance as comes in the form of P Hanson. Not to mention that the topic there is a) opinion only. So Stupid here would accept as proof the earth is flat an opinion piece from, for example, The Enquirer, that says it is. b) Labels people "progressive" and "slacktivist". Which was the "problem" that Stupid here claims we are an example of. @Stupid: Libtards? Yes, Stupid. Labelling and name calling. You know, those things you only complain about when those who are in the reality camp rather than in denial (where you are) use it, never even noticing it happened when deniers or yourself spout it. Lionel. It's clearly a symptom of the politics. People in places like England (brexit) US (trump) and Australia (Hanson & S&F) are not ignorant. Countries like those have some of the best education standards in the world, the best access to information in the world and also have a history of successfully embracing other cultures. Everyone is doing it. It's not creating good results. "It’s clearly a symptom of the politics." But somehow the only ones you can bring yourself to blame are those who think the IPCC have generally gotten it right. And you still want us to believe you're not a denier?!?!? "Everyone is doing it." INCLUDING YOU YOU FUCKWIT! But, again, only those who think that we are doing something to the climate and that we need to do more in the way of undoing that damage Only the left, only the scientists, only the progressives will you berate for the fucking up. DEFINITELY NEVER yourself, you obnoxious little retard. A "theory" you only accept because it is so levelled. No Wow. Nothing sensible is happening because of the political argy bargy, the name calling & etc. It's not because people are left or right or ignorant or etc. In places like the UK, US & Australia that couldn't be further from the truth. While people are caught up in this tosh there are still plenty of us out in the real world, including scientists, who are making a difference at local and regional scales. They are not denying science, they're just ignoring and/or working around the politics. They're not bigots or racists or 'anti environment' or any other label or tribe you care to assign them with. Somebody said here Jeffy Hardley be authority. Bullshit, but okay, I am the emperor of China. Attention warmists: all non-warmists here are inifinitely wiser and better educated than the mediocre CAGE believers with their low-level mud perspective of conspirational slogans to tear the world down. We all have tremendous and true scientific background and you not. You have just hallucinated idiocies e.g. about ridiculous "ecosystem services": hilarious The new US president will show you soon your new place in society. Jeffie, when will you start to learn, that scientific findings are not defined by majority votes of 97% gut-feeling and left-eco-active idiots or irrelevant "National Scientific Bodies blah blah" (most of their members not being meteorologists of atmospheric physicists (nobody else like you Jeffie, for example, can be considered competent of course)) And please also stop your obsession with "Corporate blah blah", as those wonderful companies allow you to survive in your habitat and let you eat and drink what do not really deserve with your junk work: e.g. how many wasps fly per minute around the corner and other bullshit. Kim, let me make this clear: you are a raving lunatic. If you went to a trained brain surgeon, got a diagnosis, and then went to verify it and found that 97% of trained brain surgeons agreed with the original diagnosis, what would you do? Well, you are such an ignoramus that you would probably prefer the opinion of a witch doctor. Me, I will stick with the surgeons. Science is based on consensus you dipstick. Moreover, on that note, since when have you EVER discussed anything remotely scientific on here? That is simple: NEVER. All you do is come on here and pontificate about Trump, and the wonders of the political right wing, and other assorted waffle. So tell us Kim: what the fuck do you do for a living, aside from act like an imbecile? You won't say, of course, because its EMBARRASSING. Just as it is with Olaus. At least Betula told us he runs a tree pruning company. You keep your mouth firmly shut when asked what it is that you do. Once again, piss off. Betula finally shows his hand with the libtard smear. He's just a right wing idiot Trump supporter who will be very disappointed that his hero is appointing corporate lobbyists to just about every major portfolio. Why am I not suprised. My word these deniers are idiots. And black is white. Of course they are ignorant, ignorant about the truth, the corporate controlled media has ensured they are ignorant and their voting choices proved that in spades. You have written some stupid things Stu2pid but that has to be a new low mark. Aha! Threats! Only to be expected from such as you. You do realise that he, as a puppet, will do the bidding of the corporations really in control. Russia being for all intents and purposes another one of those. What does the population of the future US administration (e.g. the Evil Ebel) and Russia's land grab in Ukraine and behaviour in Syria remind you of. The 1930's German expansionist and pogram policies. J R R Tolkien wrote a trilogy with echoes of what is going on now. In the west we have Isangard (Trump Tower) and to the east Mordar with Saron (Putin) in control. The world is going to be in big trouble if orc's such as you and the Myron have input and control. Kim whines: "all non-warmists here are inifinitely wiser and better educated than the mediocre CAGE believers with their low-level mud perspective of conspirational slogans to tear the world down. mWe all have tremendous and true scientific background and you not." PROVE IT. My guess Kim is that, given the shallow intellectual level of your posts, you probably clean public lavatories for a living. It's worse than we thought; Reindeer are shrinking due to Climate Change. British Ecological Society (BES) 12/12/16 "Reindeer are shrinking: Will Santa need more to pull his sleigh?" By GSW (not verified) on 12 Dec 2016 #permalink OMG, just when I thought the idiot brigade was stuck on three, in pops Gormless. Make that four. Four and a half if you throw in Stu. The way this article is written is for people with pea-sized brains like GSW... Caribou aren't shrinking... the scientists doing the research have found a significant decline in body mass among calves and adults over time... the article GSW links is written by someone who thinks that rapid shifts in the demographics and fitness of a large ungulate is comical, hence the headline.... no wonder journalism is a rotting profession. Next thing they will pen a piece saying that the collapse in numbers of North American songbirds such as Towhees and Shrikes is comedy gold. The phenomenon has been reported in other vertebrates and invertebrates as well, and clearly reflects changes in the quality of the environment. There may or may not be a link to climate change, but the connection is most certainly anthropogenic. Given the paucity of intelligence amongst AGW deniers, I expect all sorts of Dunning-Kruger infused wisdom now. None of the few deniers who write in here have any kind of relevant scientific education, but that certainly does not stop them acting as if they are bonafide experts. https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12983-01… http://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(11)000… http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18349.x/abs… This is not an isolated phenomenon, but I suppose it is hilarious for the idiots out there who think that biodiversity loss and extinction is funny. What a bunch of tossers. 'The new US president will show you soon your new place in society.' The violent are becoming emboldened. By cRR Kampen (not verified) on 12 Dec 2016 #permalink The "comical" headline is from the folks at BES press release. "Reindeer are shrinking – will Santa need more to pull his sleigh?" http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=170793&CultureCode=en And the Author's use the word "shrinking" in their papr title. "SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: ARE REINDEER 'SHRINKING' BECAUSE OF CLIMATE WARMING? " The guys at ScienceDaily are entirely blameless. Also you're very premature with your "biodiversity loss and extinction" , there are twice as many Reindeer as there were 20yrs ago according to the paper There you are again jeff, wrong about everything and mouthing off nevertheless. ;). GSW, to Jeffy's credit he does have a very red nose, Christmas coming and all. Oh, I forgot, Santa got exctinct when the Arctic Sea Ice didn't melt away in 2012. The witless wankery from the denialist brigade is painful to contemplate. Here we have discussed just one species in trouble because of climate change: ...All of which could spell disaster for this iconic Christmas species, Albon warns: "The implications are that there may well be more smaller reindeer in the Arctic in the coming decades but possibly at risk of catastrophic die-offs because of increased ice on the ground." Making a joke out of that is an indicator of the lack of empathy for other creatures and cluelessness in general of the denialist brigade that these developments will mean that a section of the world's population will have to look elsewhere to further supplement their diet. This is the more general prescription that we will be locking in if we continue with BAU or BFTU (you work it out) WRT fossil fuels. Also you’re very premature with your “biodiversity loss and extinction” , there are twice as many Reindeer as there were 20yrs ago according to the paper... There is a clear example of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, especially when combined with an inability to think analytically based upon prior wider knowledge. So reindeer number have increased, thus making less food have to go further. What happens next oh gormless one? Hint it will come to humanity too if we continue to not pay attention. Oh gormless one, it is you putting the 'comical' spin on the headline. Hey, StuPid, explain Jeremy Corbyn to me, hmm? And while you're at it, why not Austria, hmmm? Moron doesn't even get binary thinking. Just a shitload of zero. Aye, Gitter, YOU are claiming it melted 2012. And I know it's going to be a shock to you, but there's no Santa either. That's right: mummy and daddy lied to you. Strange. According to deniers, NOTHING can change when the climate change. And the climate never changes, because it's only weather. Jeff @#17 " If you went to a trained brain surgeon, got a diagnosis, and then went to verify it and found that 97% of trained brain surgeons agreed with the original diagnosis, what would you do? " As per usual, it perhaps needs to be pointed out that is not really what all this about. It's possible to argue how that 97% consensus was arrived at and plenty of time has been spent on that. But at the end of the day you don't need to be a 'brain surgeon' to agree that human activity impacts the environment and the climate. Some of it's negative impacts, some of it's positive & etc. But this is where your 'brain surgeon' analogy falls over. There is no global 'brain surgeon' consensus about the management of this particular diagnosis. To pretend otherwise is to misuse that 97% consensus figure just as poorly as everyone else does. Jeffie, are you able to expain why it took you 34 years to get your BSc???? Normally intelligent pupils get that 10 years earlier. Why did it take so terribly long in your special case??? Was there a specific problem (e.g. detention, drug addiction, personal crisis, occupation as a chorus singer, job as truck driver, taxi driver, whatever: CONFESS) Try to be honest and decent for once, and no more blather with idiotic content!!! & @ # 23. Same book different page. Issues such as the ones highlighted about reindeer and caribou (or if you like, specific species of large ungulates) need targetted management techniques guided by clear measureable outcomes. It's people on the ground and the 'hands on' experts who can do that work. And contrary to your asertions and Wow's and Lionel's, those people do not flap around on one wing, they don't have universally sunburnt necks, they are far from ignorant about these matters and they care very much about their 'environment'. Also contrary to your assertions otherwise, these people are not enamoured exclusively by 'big corporate' anything and are fully aware that some serious mistakes have been made and need to be fixed. However, it does appear, during 2016, that it's these people who have punished what I guess you would call 'your side' of politics via the ballot box. They can't see any sensible or measureable 'environmental' outcomes emerging from the 'grand challenge' idea of some type of benevolent global bureaucratic dictatorship. And they're apparently also fed up with the empty, sneering, misanthropic, political rhetoric emanating from the self appointed 'environmental elite'. They can’t see any sensible or measureable ‘environmental’ outcomes emerging from the ‘grand challenge’ idea of some type of benevolent global bureaucratic dictatorship. Stop being such a tosser 2Stupid, most wouldn't give a flock of flying copulating monkeys about 'environmental' outcomes, even if they knew what they were. Oh, look stupid's problems are because he thinks the illuminati are running the IPCC... It's because the IPCC likely has little clue about animal husbandry, in this case the reindeer. Lionel, overwhelmingly the 'push back' in 2016 has come from regional/rural communities. Contrary to your assertions, they're not the environmentally ignorant & seemingly they're fed up with being told they are by those who are self appointed elitists. I guess if we must apply labels their tribe is often called 'the urban environmental elite'. These UEEs have successfully alienated the very people who were always best placed to implement practical, sensible, workable & sustainable land and water management. It's neither rocket science nor brain surgery. The idea that 'the environment' can ONLY be saved by the formation of a benevolent global bureaucratic dictatorship is not proving to reap any actual results. Because people who live and work in the 'real environment' in countries like UK, US & AUS aren't stupid or ignorant they can see that it's an expensive, time wasting, divisive and failed socio-economic experiment. And it has NOTHING to do with whatever wing you think they flap around with. They're largely well balanced as a demographic and work with both wings. "It’s because the IPCC likely has little clue about animal husbandry" Strange.They take information and papers from all and any scientist that does.Your problem is that you don't like them, not that they don't know the science. " in this case the reindeer." DERP! You were against them loooooong before that report. And you're not saying anything other than there's something about reindeer. Go on, be specific. It'll make a hilarious change. "The idea that ‘the environment’ can ONLY be saved by the formation of a benevolent global bureaucratic dictatorship is" A shibboleth of the moronic rightwingnutjobs and is no more real than the oogie-boogie man. Kim - "Jeffie, are you able to expain why it took you 34 years to get your BSc???? " It took him years before he realized just how much he had in common with hyperparasitoid larva.... Some specifics Wow? Here are a few examples from AUS of those oogie-boogie man things :-) It all sounds theoretically wonderful but it's not delivering results in practice even though it gets bucket loads of government funding. It seems that voters are getting a bit sick of it all? From Australia http://www.governanceinstitute.edu.au/centres/deliberative-democracy-an… http://greens.org.au/policies/global-governance https://law.anu.edu.au/research/dgal And a couple from wider afeild. http://www.sustainableproduction.org/downloads/Current%20Status%20and%2… http://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/precautionary-2015 But these are just a few of course. As for the reindeer. They were brought up by someone else. The point is that the likely issue with the smaller size of the reindeer is probably local or regional and the best people to manage that issue, if indeed it needs managing, will be the local and regional people, not the IPCC. I would expect that some solid experience and qualifications in animal husbandry and/or animal management and/or veterinary science would be definitely needed, wouldn't you? IPCC taking in papers is not going to do much for the reindeer. Kim, could you explain to us all why you have no formal education at all? No BS, not MS, no PhD? Could you also explain to us whay a complete fucking idiot like you thinks he is intelligent and witty and knows more about science than real scientists? Betula, hyperparasitoid larva is plural... meaning larvae. But still glad you like reading about me. However, you, Kim and Olaus are clearly obsessed. I would be flattered if the three of you weren't such complete idiots. But idiots you are. Stu, ecophysiological effects of AGW are a pandemic... they are not confined to caribou, but as I showed are found across a very wide range of animal taxa. And the last I heard, AGW is a global problem, not regional. The winds carry no passports. You seem to think that local authorities can deal with the ecological effects of a process which is occurring at global scales. Of course the IPCC cannot make solutions. IT WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR THAT PURPOSE. The IPCC was set up to examine the empirical evidence for AGW, and to make possible suggestions for mitigation and adaptation. You are as thinck as two planks. If you understood even the basics about the topic you would cringe at your own words. Moreover, the solution to these worrying ecophysiological effects is to do everything at the global level to arrest the rate of warming and ensure that it plateaus as soon as possible. What can 'local and regional people' do to alleviate a vast array problems associated with warming? How can local and regiopnal people ensure that food webs do not unravel, that trophic interaction webs retain their integrity, that the phenology of species interactions are not greatly altered and simplified? You are such a simpleton. More comedy musings from our intellectually challenged Aussie: "But at the end of the day you don’t need to be a ‘brain surgeon’ to agree that human activity impacts the environment and the climate. Some of it’s negative impacts, some of it’s positive & etc." No you moron, the VAST majority of anthropogenic effects are NEGATIVE. PROFOUNDLY NEGATIVE. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, IPCC reports, Word Scientist's Warning to Humanity, and the empirical literature CONFIRM this. The recent Word Bank/WWF/IUCN report documented that humans have reduced the planet's genetic diversity by 58% since 1970; the recent issue of Science in which several articles concluded that human actions have pushed almost 60% of ecosystems to the brink of collapse... 90% of species at the terminal end of the food chain in marine ecosystems have been lost... et at. ad libitum. And you, in your little ivory tower, say that "Some of it’s negative impacts, some of it’s positive & etc". Bullshit. For every positive effect there are 100 negative ones. You may be more annoying than the other deniers on here, Stu. They are completely vacuous, uneducated idiots, and its fun watching them wallow in their own stupidity. But you actually think you are above the fray intellectually. You aren't. You have a little knowledge but at the same time your brain is full of vast black holes. That one statement - about some negative and some positive effects, along with your silly statement about local and regional people dealing with a vast array of the serious ecological consequences of AGW - puts you at the very back of the class. You really do not know what the hell you are talking about. And there's GSW again, with his basic bottom degree in chemistry, mouthing off about fields in which he knows asbsolutely nothing. I have demolished this little canard befroe, but I will repeat it: numbers do not tell us anything about longer term demographic effects. There are more people in Sudan than in Hollamd, but I wouldn't say that's proof that the country is better off. In measuring per capita trends its important to look at demographic lags... and fitness.There's abundant evidence to show that many species are showing demographic shifts to older animals with recruitment down. Now I know these big words are over the deniers pin-sized heads on Deltoid, but that's their problem. And once again the empirical literaure is full of studies across a wide range of taxa showing species-specific effects of AGW as well as more worrying effects on species interactions. And yes, the appalling headline of the ScienceDaily piece was aimed at people like GSW and the other deniers here who are still sucking their thumbs. Pure tabloid-level gibberish. StuPid proclaims that there's nothing happening to combat AGW, yet: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/12/13/0011218/fossil-fuel-divest… More self-serving generalizations include " they’re not the environmentally ignorant ". Really? Explain how WTFUWT has thousands of posts proclaiming a stance that is just that? Oh, and you lose the "you can't label groups", you don't get the chance to do that because you're busy dymolabelling everyone here on the left or supporting the IPCC reports and accepting the evidence of what's going on. NOBODY IS BUYING IT. And for Batshit "knowldege faps" Betty: https://science.slashdot.org/story/16/12/13/0038245/rapid-rise-in-metha… Seems like uncertainties can go either way: better or worse. Yet Batshit Betty is TOTALLY CERTAIN that they go to the "There's no problem". And the obsession over knowledge gaps is why it's spelt for Batshit here as "knowledge faps". /Batshit Betty also has a problem in that increased biotic activity in the soil also includes bacteria in the soil, which produce methane. And if there is a greening, then there's more material for the bacteria to break down into methane. Methane is not nice and is a more effective GHG. Indeed, and so much of it appears to be coming out of our denialist's fundaments. It is a good thing that they are such dim bulbs else they would have ignition and re-heat bangers, disappearing up their own. Jeff, I've already explained; your "appalling headline ....Pure tabloid-level gibberish" refers to the headline in the British Ecological Society press release, it did not originate with ScienceDaily. If the BES comes up with headlines you disapprove of, "no wonder journalism is a rotting profession" as you put it, write to them; tell them how sciency you think are. I'm sure they'll laugh at that as much as we do ;) Jeff @#45 & 46. You have just done a magnificent job of demonstrating exactly what I was explaining. The 'Ivory tower' comment was hilarious. Hurling abuse at people like me is one of the major reasons why what you see as 'your side' of politics has taken a such a beating a cross the globe in 2016. That behaviour has alienated the demographic that was always best placed to implement improvements in land and water management. This demographic actually lives and works in real 'environments' which couldn't possibly be further away from ivory towers. Some of them would know exactly how to help the Caribou because their expertise is in animal husbandry. When local and regional issues are identified the solutions need to be local. Waiting for a new global bureaucracy to reduce the global average temperature will not help the caribou. This is where you and I profoundly disagree. We both care about environmental issues, but I see no benefits accruing to environments anywhere from clunky , globally focused bureaucracies berating and harraguing rural and regional communities. It's divisive, totally counterproductive, counter intuitive and more often than not it's actually creating more damage to the environment. I actually think you're wasting your time and intelligence believing that a utopian type of benevolent global bureaucratic dictatorship could be created to magically solve all world environmental problems via climate control. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=dumfukistan+map&view=detailv2&&id=… Not sure if this link will actually work but here is a rather graphic display of the prevailing 'elitist' attitiude via this map of post American presidential elections. Instead of realising that their behaviour has alienated the very people who they claim to be helping and who are actually best placed to help them, they're instead blaming people for being dumb and ignorant and uneducated &etc. If the link doesn't work I'll explain how to get to this map another way. Garry Gitter: Jeff, I’ve already explained; your “appalling headline ….Pure tabloid-level gibberish” refers to the headline in the British Ecological Society press release, Jeff: And yes, the appalling headline of the ScienceDaily piece was aimed at people like GSW and the other deniers here who are still sucking their thumbs. Pure tabloid-level gibberish. www.britishecologicalsociety.org/ NOT https://www.sciencedaily.com Weird. Just shows what reality looks like with denier goggles on. "Not sure if this link will actually work but here is a rather graphic display of the prevailing ‘elitist’ attitiude via this map of post American presidential elections." Sooo unlike republicans with their eight years of insisting that Obama wasn't the president.... Meanwhile, you go and show your elitist attitude. But totally oblivious. "Waiting for a new global bureaucracy to reduce the global average temperature will not help the caribou" Neither will listening to your incoherent ranting. "You have just done a magnificent job of demonstrating exactly what I was explaining." Nope, you have, dear. "The ‘Ivory tower’ comment was hilarious." You keep insisting that you know and work with lots and lots and LOTS of ecology scientists and other scientists. If you're not an ivory tower liver, then you must be their janitor. Wow @57- "Blah blah blah" Wow @58- "Blah blah blah blah" Wow @59 - "Blahblah.....blah" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utlm8gBU-H4 Wow @60 - " BLAH BLAH blah...." Wow @61 - "More Blah Blah" Wow @62 - "Blah BlahBlah" And it continues... And what can we learn from Wow's next expected words of wisdom ... https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ivory%20tower There are lots and lots of ecologists and other scientists who actually work in the real world dealing with real people and practical concerns. Didn't you know that? Above is one definition of the term 'Ivory tower'. That's why I found Jeff's comment hilarious. From the way he describes himself here, I would suggest he may be the most likely ivory tower resident :-) Reminder Jeff: You did not answer the question why you got your BSc in zoology as late as at age 34? Writes the village idiot ignorant of how scientific careers can progress. Other degrees could come first including a PhD (DPhil), scientists may well chose to do follow up degrees in related or sub fields. One such with wide scope is oceanography. You would do well to look at a treatise on oceanography because it is no coincidence that many scientists working in the global warming and climate change area had a grounding in oceanography, David Archer being one such and you can find his lectures on line. Here is a good starter in oceanography. The price there is a snip compared to what I paid in the UK for my earlier edition. ...I would suggest he may be the most likely ivory tower resident... Well, what you suggest isn't worth a hill of beans. And Betula is getting desperate resorting to pointless videos, again. Why does Betty try that? If there were anything in those videos, Betty could explain why we should spend time watching, but just putting them out is exactly what a youtube clickwhore does. Kuim, didn't we just hear a whinge about how this is all becoming about Jeff? You're why. But your fellow deniers don't care to upbraid you about that, only Jeff. Hey, StuPid, why do you insist on proving your own theory, but insist on blaming everyone else? Reminder Kim: what do you do for a living? What is your education? How many peer-reviewed scientific papers do you have? Answer me and I will answer you. But of course you aren't going to say anything. For all we know you clean public toilets. Stop hiding behind an anonymous handle if you want to engage in this pathetic game. Kim - "Reminder Jeff: You did not answer the question why you got your BSc in zoology as late as at age 34?" Lionel - Let's talk about oceanography... Stu, I hurl abuse at you because you deserve it. Your comment about 'human impacts, some negative, some positive' was utter gibberish. You clearly do not know a thing about global change and how we need global solutions to deal with burgeoning problems, many of which involve large scale abiotic changes on biotic processes. Please tell me how 'regional people' are going to repair complex food webs unraveling in the face of climate change. Please tell me how they are going to deal with collapsing ecosystems, particularly in light of the fact that we barely understand how these systems function. Come on dopey, tell me. I am all ears. You seem to think that caribou/reindeer exist in isolation from other environmental constraints. Let alone a myriad of exceedingly complex processes that determine how systems evolve, assemble and function. I must admit that you are unqiue in my experience, and perhaps suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect even worse than the deniers on here. What your posts unambiguously show is that your knowledge of ecology - indeed of complex adaptive systems - is infantile. You clearly never studied any field related to spatial ecology or ecosystem functioning. You think somehow that 'local and regional people' can somehow repair complex systems under a combined human assault and that this will suffice. My colleagues burst into laughter at this one. As well they should. With everything you write it becomes ever more clear that your understanding of environmental science and ecology is piss poor. What is clear is that you need a crash course in ecology. My undergraduate students know a lot more than you do about the field. I might as well be talking to a brick wall, given some of the tripe that you write. What is clear is that you don't know a whole lot. Betula: "One last nail in the libtard coffin". Pricless. Lionel – Let’s talk about oceanography… And once again (misrepresenting my message) you demonstrate what a vacuous numpty you are. But the Stu2pid should take that advice and study that topic for then he will, maybe, stop writing utter shite! Something that came across my screen today. If, looking at that, you don't think were heading for trouble then you are even more witless than thought. Like the Judith and David Rose you would have spiralled even lower than thought possible. Hardley- "My colleagues burst into laughter at this one" I can see Hardley now....running to his colleagues with every Deltoid comment, not realizing he is the one they are laughing at... Lionel - "And once again (misrepresenting my message)" Nope. You even linked to a book about oceanography....in regards to a question about why Hardley got his BSc in zoology as late as at age 34. Nope. You even linked to a book about oceanography….in regards to a question about why Hardley got his BSc in zoology as late as at age 34. Context you dishonest muppet. Betula et. al. of the muppet brigade. Try watching the latest BBC series Planet Earth II and start to appreciate the fragility of some ecosystems and poor survival chances for some species. There is more to the narrative than that to be sure but get out of your restricted world view. "Context you dishonest muppet" The context is, in response to a question about Hardley getting his BSc in zoology at age 34, you suggest Kim read up on oceanography. If it sounds ridiculous, it's because it comes from you. Meanwhile, we still don't know what took the genius so long, or why he's still living in his mom's basement after all these years... "“Context you dishonest muppet” The context is," destroying your case, so you misrepresent it. And how are all those knowledge gaps going for you. Increased methane from soil biota making things worse is what you like? Jeff @ # 72. Outstanding demonstration again. " Hurling abuse at people like me is one of the major reasons why what you see as ‘your side’ of politics has taken a such a beating a cross the globe in 2016. That behaviour has alienated the demographic that was always best placed to implement improvements in land and water management." And there's your comment @#72 However, this particular question, hiding amongst the abuse is a ripper. " Please tell me how they are going to deal with collapsing ecosystems, particularly in light of the fact that we barely understand how these systems function. " I hope for your sake that you didn't think that one through? And waiting around for the formation of global action on the global climate will not help those particular large ungulates. Yeah, stupid, but you have problems with reality, so your claims are based on shaky ground to start. Not to mention Assertion Fallacy. Anybody with more than a half-arsed education would have appreciated that my point was that science is many faceted and study and qualifications in one field can lead on to more in others. It just so happens that oceanography is a many faceted study with many potential offshoots for further study, that was kinda the point. But clearly trying to explain this to village idiots is a lost cause. Now if you don't like those appellations then stop measuring up for the suits. ” Hurling abuse at people like me " Has done nothing to change your stance on AGW. You were a denier then, you're still a denier now. And, no, us hurting your special snowflake feelings isn't why Trump won the highest number of states (but lost the popular vote). They don't even know you exist. ” Please tell me how they are going to deal with collapsing ecosystems, particularly in light of the fact that we barely understand how these systems function. ” I hope for your sake that you didn’t think that one through? I don't know how to build a suspension bridge, but I can recognise one breaking up when it happens. I hope for your sake you didn't think that one through. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/this-isnt-racist-islamophob… Here it is again fellas. I would recommend you be wary of 'playing the man' who wrote this. Wow - "And how are all those knowledge gaps going for you" That's a question for the scientists who are researching them....unless you believe they conducting research to discover what they already know... Wow - "I don’t know how to build a suspension bridge, but I can recognise one breaking up when it happens" So let's look at what Hardley's question must look like through the eyes Wow: "Please tell me how they are going to deal with collapsing bridges, particularly in light of the fact that we barely understand how bridge systems function" Now let's look at Wow's response again... "That’s a question for the scientists who are researching them" No, Batshit, that was a question for you. Note the use of "you" in my question. But I guess "English" is one of your knowledge gaps, eh? "So let’s look at what Hardley’s question must look like through the eyes Wow:" You don't even know what it looks like through your eyes, Batshit Betty. Stop pretending your hallucinations are other people's problems. Ugh, OK, so you didn't think it through, StuPid. Well, no surprise there. Again: We know what Wow sees.... Because he tells us....: “I don’t know how to build a suspension bridge, but I can recognise one breaking up when it happens He's in a lonely place... Ah, Batshit still, Betty. So Wow? Who would know how to build and/or fix that suspension bridge? I don't think it will be the IPPC taking up papers. Stu, you brainless twerp, 'my side' has never held anything close to power in a world dominated by unregulated corporate power. You are so dumb as to think the increased support for right wing populist regimes is somehow linked with environmental extremists, which is so utterly ludicrous that it even puts much of your other bilge into the background. I will say it again, because clearly you have reading comprehension problems. Increased support for right wing populists is out if fear generated by our supine mass media that the foundation of our allegedly ''civilized democracies' is threatened by refugees, migrants and radical Islamists. When the ruling elites see a threat to their power they readily embrace the 'fear' card, accompanied by large doses if scapegoating. This is what fascist regimes have traditionally done; populists like Trump, Farange, Le Pen and Wilders fit the bill perfectly. It has absolutely nothing to do with radical environmentalism. I have been ritually debunking Trump supporters on my Fb page and not a single one of them has referred to, let alone understands, anything about environmentalism. They spend most of their rants railing that Clinton is liberal socialist supported by Muslims. All complete bullshit, of course. Clinton is a neoconservative war hawk in the pockets of the banks and corporations. Some of her most ardent supporters were a cabal of neocons in the Bush administration: Kagan, Kristol, Perle, Wolfowitz, Cheney and Powell. When this little nugget is mentioned they all go off and lick their wounds. But nowhere is environmentalism mentioned. You are a dipstick in believing that crap. As for education, I made the correct point that you do not understand basic ecology, especially the link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. This is essential if we are to deal with the effects of AGW on species, species interactions, populations, communities and ecosystems. You are just uneducated. Not my problem. You write piffle about local people working to rectify demographic declines in mammals like reindeer without grasping the importance of food webs and interactions across trophic levels in determining how these species fare in nature. Here is a better example. Warming in late winter across much of the temperate world has led to the unravelling of food webs up the trophic chain. The winter moth - oak - Pied Flycatcher example us prescient. Winter months are lagging in their response to rapid warming as they only feed on very young shoots of their oak foot plants. Late winters in northern Europe are much warmer than they were only 30 years ago. We are seeing a collapse in winter moth populations as a result, which in turn is very negatively affecting both resident and migratory songbirds that depend on them for food during the breeding season. These kinds of effects are likely to be pandemic. How are your vaunted local managers going to deal with this? The solutions, of course, are related to arresting the rapid rate of warming, which is a global problem. You do not understand basic population ecology, and when caught out, as you are repeatedly here, you resort to vacuous comments about radical environmentalism etc. Let me put it another way. I am qualified to discuss these areas because I possess the relevant education. You aren't because you don't. I seriously doubt that you read any of the primary literature and thus in these discussions you effectively go by on your own basic knowledge. Betula, GSW and Olaus, both if whom also have no relevant training, do the same. Some of their comments are so utterly simple that I have to laugh at them. Then they get all uppity because, in true Dunning-Kruger fashion, they think that they are as knowledgeable as I am. Not even close. But this doesn't stop them, or you for that matter. I am still waiting for Betula to explain how his email to Bo Eberling went. I am sure he wrote to Eberling for clarification of his views on the Crowther et al paper. So, Betula, when will you tell us all what he wrote to you? "You are so dumb as to think the increased support for right wing populist regimes is somehow linked with environmental extremist" It's what StuPid WANTS to believe. Remember, he's still a denier. Heart and soul. Batshit Betty: "Instead of mailing him, I'll imagine doing it, and make up his answer! SWEET!" Hardley - "when will you tell us all what he wrote to you?" He urges caution before reading too much into the new data.... Nice fellow. Unlike you, he seems stable... Wow -: “Instead of mailing him, I’ll imagine doing it, and make up his answer!" Says Wow, as he searches for an imaginary suspension bridge to cross.... "He urges caution before reading too much into the new data…." Did you follow his advice? Or his train of thought? You seem to be unable to get away from this. That's, what, 12 times to Jeff's 1. Are you SURE you're not debilitatingly autistic? "Says Wow, as he searches for an imaginary suspension bridge to cross…." Yup, you're imagining that bridge, Batshit. You ARE debilitatingly autistic! Batshit Betty meeting with a fellow denier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXExv8b658A Wow - "You seem to be unable to get away from this. I heard somewhere that these things are important to read, then re-read, the re-re-read again.... Wow - "Yup, you’re imagining that bridge" Here's what I'm imagining now... Wow - “I don’t know how to build a suspension bridge, but I can recognise one breaking up when it happens" Bout you haven't written to Eberling let alone received a reply once again you look like a dishonest &r$e?ol£ with personality disorder issues. You will fit in well with those parodied in this. Welp, Batshit Betty loves living in their imagination. So much nicer in cloud cuckoo land. Batshit may be trying to troll me, but the problem is I'm not offended or anything other than confused, because I can't see why an intelligent human being might write that shit out, what they thought it was supposed to do. It makes as little sense as shouting "Your mom!" when in an argument with someone in the schoolyard. Confusion is the only option. An internal "WTF?" Thanks Betula for rebealing that you did not write to Eberling. I knew that you wouldn't because he would disagree with you and you wouldn't be able to copy-paste and spin his arguments to suit your pre-determined world views. You are in desperate need of anything to placate your confirmation bias. Eberling would no doubt disagree with you completely, and he would cringe that some idiot out there is actually trying to suggest that he is saying that a stduy in which he contributed data and got an authorship is worthless. Because that is what you are trying to do. You are scared, in other words. I challenge you to write to the authir and you run scared. Back to the interview in the paper. Coward. You once boasted about your military prowess here. Bullshit. You haven't got an ounce of courage. You are a wimp. And I wonder why you aren't pasting Crowther's comments up here. Why do the views of the 17th author somehow invalidate the views of the lead author, the guy who actually wrote the paper? I asked you but since you can't answer, i will answer for you. Because the lead author's views are not what you want to read. So you ignore them and go to the 17th author, who didn't even write the bloody thing. Now, Betula, if you were some esteemed expert in soil ecology i might think that you were onto something. But you aren't. You are a tree pruner with delusions of grandeur. You are also a hypocrite. I remember you coming onto Deltoid a number of times to say its a dead blog. Yet when you are shown up again for the right wing idiot that you are you can't resist coming back over and over and over with more crap. The reason is because you think that you have to get the last word in. Over the past several weeks you have written in here dozens and dozens of times. Heck, its the first thing that you clearly do when you wake up in the morning. Log into Deltoid and write in more piffle. If this blog is dead, then stay away from it. You've been shown up repeatedly as being a biased, bitter, right wing neophyte. Great. You've got your cult hero in power now so go and slavishly worship him. Here's a graph that perfectly shows Betula's prowess. https://i0.wp.com/digitalintelligencetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/… Betula would be located at the far left side of the x axis in the 'experience none' area... and his confidence as a know-nothing is way up the y axis... Yes, he is a textbook example of the Dunning-Kruger effect alright... Actually the following photograph and accompanying caption applies to all of tjhe deniers on here plus Stu... http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/files/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-… "all of tjhe deniers on here plus Stu…" But you repeat yourself. Hey, if you just say to people to read and read that again, Batshit Betty will keep posting repeats of your message until the earth is desroyed! Hardley - forward him this in full. Thanks. Dear Bo Elberling, Your good friend Hardley has taken the liberty to post your contact information and is encouraging people he feels you would deem "idiots" to bother you non stop... Anyway, I'm writing this to let you know that I took your advice and didn't read too much into the data that Hardley suggested I read re-read and re-re read. Now Hardley insists I ask you this question: Was I wrong to take your advice, or were you wrong to give it? Betula. Wow - "Batshit Betty loves living in their imagination" I don't live in your faulty suspension bridge imagination Wow, you just imagine I do... Hardley - "You are also a hypocrite. I remember you coming onto Deltoid a number of times to say its a dead blog" Bringing flowers to a cemetery doesn't make one a hypocrite... "Hardley – forward him this in full." Uh, why you so terrified to get in touch yourself, Batshit? PS, yes, we understand that you can't help obsessing over the same ritualistic repeats because of your autism. Hardley - You having using Dunning - Kruger in the majority of your comments for years.... it's beyond obvious....projection as a defense mechanism. "Bringing flowers to a cemetery doesn’t make one a hypocrite" This isn't a cemetary. And you cannot bring flowers to an internet blog site. So you're not doing that. But why do you think that coming here scores of times and posting bollocks is the same as visiting a cemetary with flowers? Does your florist love you because you spend all your cash buying two dozen bunches of flowers each month to put on graves of people you don;t know and don't like? Further, Batshit: sorry, crazy people like you don't get to make claims and expect anyone to believe them. No matter how crazy you are, belief doesn't make reality. Wow - "No matter how crazy you are, belief doesn’t make reality" And yet it's your belief that I'm crazy...interesting dilemma you have there. Uh, evidence. Your writings, batshit. Ask others. Hey, Jeff, is he batshit? You have a PhD and you lecture at university. As I've said before, good for you. However, that does mean you're more highly qualified or knowledgeable about the implementation of socio economic policy or dealing with specific local and regional environmental issues. From your comments here I would actually have to conclude that you're incredibly naive in those areas. Quite clearly, the whole grand challenge of framing everything around 'globalism' and 'bureacratism' to 'save us from ourselves' is not achieving results. It's also not achieving practical results for the Caribou or any other specific environmental issues. It's also ironic that you're claiming that some sort of 'fear campaign' about refugees is what has caused such things as Brexit. All sides of politics including 'environmentalism' have reduced themselves to 'gutter politics' and based their campaigns like the whole thing is a team sporting event and overstating all the negative aspects of 'the other' teams. The attitude is you're either for them or against them. Perhaps if you read the Mundine OP I linked with both your wings attached it may help you to have a civil discussion. I'm suitably impressed with the fact that you have a PhD and of course you should be proud of your achievements. But using those inappropriately to try and intimidate and bully people via a misguided sense of political 'elitism' is not doing you any favours. If you want to achieve real results in the real environment, sneering at, berating, harrassing and thus alienating rural and rural communities is not a good idea. Wow - "Hey, Jeff, is he batshit?" So the guy who visions the ecosystem as a suspension bridge is asking the guy who believes seeing a spider is the same as witnessing climate change first hand...whether or not I am crazy....mainly because I linked the words of a scientist who recommends not reading too much into what Hardley wants us to "read, re-read and re-re-read". Here, this sums it up a bit better... Anybody who keeps linking the same nonsense video again and again in the same thread has to be nucking futs. Go get professional help the beetles have got to your brain. There you go, Batshit Betty. A second opinion for you. Get yourself into an asylum. Wow - "Get yourself into an asylum" Get yourself out of one... More science to annihilate the deniers: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/noaa_issues_jaw-dropping_assessment… http://arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card Expect the usual band of illiterates to scour denier blogs claiming its either a lie or that its nothing to worry about. The science is in. Get over it. Betula, I use Dunning-Kruger because it describes you to a tee.You have absolutely no relevant qualifications in anything remotely relevant and yet you write on here as if you have some home-schooled expertise that has eluded 97% of the scientific community, including especially people in climate science. If only armchair experts like you would share this mysterious gift that you possess with we mere mortals, because then we wouldn't need universities or research institutes any more. One can just sit at home and presto! Read a few blogs, do a cursory reading of a textbook and they can appoint themselves as sages of wisdom. You aren't the only one. Denier blogs are full of self-annointed experts whose days jobs are about as far removed from science as it gets. They routinely impugn the motives and expertise of people with PhD's who have studied climate science for decades. The army of ignoranti masquerading and the intelligencia. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect Pfffft!!!! With respect, you are misusing this one too. Probably because your quals are not in psychology either? I am most certainly NOT misusing this, Stu you clot. Indeed, Dunning was plannign on preparing a manuscript in whih he uses the DK effect to explain the behavior of climate change deniers like those on Deltoid and other blogs who have no expertise in any relevant fields and yet who dismiss or distort the views of experts. These people actually write as if they know more than experts like Gavin Schmidt, Kevin Trenberth, James Hanson, Ben Santer and others. I have enough expertise in my own field of endeavor to know that I defer to the opinions of people who have studied climate science for many years. I tend to believe their views over an army of scientific illiterati who instead think they are bonafide experts on the basis of reading a few blogs, a book, or by some divine intervention. For what it matters, you are also an example of the D-K effect. Your opinion the other day on how to best deal with the demographic effects warming on reindeer is a case in point. There are a myriad of effects of AGW on biodiversity. These are very often manifested through effects on resource-consumer interactions. If these interactions are decoupled from optimality (an effect of phenology), or else there are qualitative or quantitative effects of the resource (the food source), then this can work its way up the food chain. Now in your vaunted (non) wisdom you didn't consider any of this. Your peurile comment about 'local management' and 'regional people' was so full of bullshit that it was coming out of your ears. You don't understand cause-and-effect relationships, the concept of scale, and other highly relevant criteria. You don't understand the fact that food webs are unraveling and systems are breaking down because of effects mediated on links that precipitate collapses. You don't understand that solutions require actions at a global scale to deal with AGW. Daniel Janzen - ever heard of him? No, I thought not - once said that the 'ultimate extinction is the extinction of species interactions'. Have you read the papers of ecologist Eric Post on caribou declines in Greenland and why they are occurring? No, I thought not. Indeed, how many studies on species declines and their underlying causes HAVE you ever read? My guess is between nil and a few. But you think that you are informed. You vastly exaggerate your knowledge on environmental science, as is evident from your flippant remarks. I cringe when I read your comments because as someone a million times more qualified than you are I see the glaring knowledge gaps and holes and flaws in your arguments. You don't see them. But you think your are informed. Pure D-K. Hardley - "would share this mysterious gift that you possess with we mere mortals" Sure, I use the scientists own words. For example, a scientist sees a spider and claims he "witnessed climate change first hand". The same scientist who claims "deniers" don't understand time scales and the difference between climate and weather.. Or when one scientist asks us to "read, re- read and re-re read" something that the co-author says "don't read too much into"... Or when I post the term "knowledge gap" as used by Elberling.... and the collective Deltoid head explodes. Your problem Hardley, is that your rabid advocacy comes first and your science is second. You go into every scientific inquiry already knowing the answer. You can't see what is in front of you for what it is....but what it is supposed to be or what you are sure it will become. You use science to push your beliefs....in other words, your a pretty pathetic example of a scientist. Continue to be proud Hardley, just pretend we don't notice... By Betuls (not verified) on 16 Dec 2016 #permalink And here comes Wow.... Betula (or Betuls, your new handle, which sounds a bit like Bullshit, which is more appropriate), let me burn down your latest meme. Seeing tens of thousands of invertebrates first hand in the middle of winter in a borderline mixed/boreal habitat is observing climate change first hand. Seeing invertebrates expanding their ranges and now being found (and overwintering) thousands of kilometers north of where they were found only a couple of decades ago is observing climate change first hand. Seeing plants growing earlier and earlier in the season is observing climate change first hand. Seeing bivoltine insects now experience three and four generations a year, a shift that has occurred suddenly and recently, is observing climate change first hand. I could give many more examples, but these will suffice for now because, like my other arguments, they demolish Betula/Bullshita on the spot. Also, the knowledge gap, as expressed by one scientist (Eberling), in no way means that climate change is not real and is not a serious problem that needs urgent action. You deliberately took Eberling's quote to mean that these gaps are so large that there is nothing to worry about and that we need do nothing more until more data are in. When I told this to Eberling he was shocked, but its because he is clearly naive to the extent that he doesn't truly appreciate that there are profoundly dishonest people in the world like Betula who will use their own words against them. It was obvious what you were doing Betula. As I have said, you are trying to suggest that as long we don't know everything, then we really don't know anything, or we don't know enought to take action. This is a truly egregious attempt to distort science. I am light years ahead of you in terms of qualifications, knowledge and experience. If the shoe fits, then wear it. The fact that you search the internet to find quotes of scientists to downplay fields in which you know nothing is revealing. You are such a dolt that you really don't recognize that you have laid your cards on the table on here many times. When you made your 'libtard' smear, you were essentialluy saying that you don't give a shit about the science because your views are underwritten by your right wing political beliefs. Those on the political right hate science. They loathe it. They don't understand it, but in their pin-sized brains they see communist/socialist conspiracies everywhere they look, and they see scientists as part of some evil cabal that aims to take away their money and their freedom. This is your mind set Betula. You are forced to discuss science because its seen as the link. Given you are a complete know-nothing in science, and believe me it shows, then you are forced to ascribe agendas and titles to scientists in an effort to deligitmize them. The fact that >95% of us agree that AGW is proven and needs urgent action really eats at you. So you must do everything to (1) dimiss the argument that there is a consensus, (2) come up with alternative reasons why there is one in the first place (e.g. your libtard smears etc), and (3) desperately find scientists who talk about uncertainties, as if these uncertainties vindicate your position. Its symptomatic that Olaus and Kim think you are 'wiping the floor with me'. Only idiots with a similar mind set think that. You don't even come close because I know darned well that you have to continually campoflage your non-existent scientific knowledge with feeble attempts to support points 1 to 3 above. When you are forced out from under your rock to discuss science, the holes appear. You know diddly shit. When it comes to science, you head is firmly planted up your butt. Correction Hardley: wrong Hardley "James Hanson" The name is Hansen, idiot Hardley, after you claimed you "witnessed climate change first hand" and I called you out on it.....you said: Harvey, May 4th 2012…“As far as first hand goes, I’d need to look into the soil. But given I was there in winter (a warm winter at that), of course I can’t describe things first hand” Which means you lied. And as far as your (not related to Algonquin) other examples....just because you notice a "change" in a pattern certainly doesn't mean that 1) All things remain static and have never changed before. 2) All changes lead to catastrophe. 3) You can stop what you predict by predicting you can stop it....even though, as you stated....."Please tell me how they are going to deal with collapsing ecosystems, particularly in light of the fact that we barely understand how these systems function". Hardley - "You deliberately took Eberling’s quote to mean that these gaps are so large that there is nothing to worry about and that we need do nothing more until more data are in." No, he (Elberling not "Eberling") used "knowledge gap" to explain why we shouldn't read too much into the data, everything else is in your head because you put advocacy first. That is why you insisted we read, re-read and re-re-read the article you posted.....because for you it's not about the data, it's about the message. Hardley - "The fact that you search the internet to find quotes of scientists to downplay fields in which you know nothing is revealing" I don't have to search far...you're right here. Hardley - "in their pin-sized brains they see communist/socialist conspiracies everywhere they look, and they see scientists as part of some evil cabal that aims to take away their money and their freedom" So you don't believe the rich developed nations should pay to develop the poor undeveloped nations as a way to stop the future catastrophes that will affect the poor nations the hardest? Especially given the fact that the rich greedy nations are to blame for the pending catastrophes and the fact that they have plundered the resources of the poor nations without just compensation? You're now saying you don't believe that, correct? Because that is what I've said is happening, and now you are saying something about a conspiracy theory... Hardley - "The fact that >95% of us agree that AGW is proven and needs urgent action really eats at you" I thought it was 97%? Anyway, my favorite confirmation of the 97% number is referenced on the NASA website... P. T. Doran & M. K. Zimmerman, "Examining the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change," "those who listed climate science as their area of expertise and who also have published more than 50% of their recent peer-reviewed papers on the subject of climate change (79 individuals in total). Of these specialists, 96.2% (76 of 79) answered “risen” to question 1 and 97.4% (75 of 77) answered yes to question 2" 76 scientists Hardley, representing the 97%. And here are the questions: 1. When compared with pre-1800s levels, do you think that mean global temperatures have generally risen, fallen, or remained relatively constant? 2. Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures? Now Hardley, show me where the 97% (76 scientists) all agree about the pending future catastrophic scenarios.....and how increasing C02 output by developing the undeveloped nations will effect those scenarios. Hardley - "desperately find scientists who talk about uncertainties" That would be all scientists....including you. I'm certain of that. Hardley - "I am light years ahead of you in terms of qualifications, knowledge and experience" I'll admit, your experience and knowledge is more in line with that of an invertebrate than mine...and as long as you let your rabid advocacy control what you see and hear, it will always remain there....only you won't see or hear it. And here come wandering Wow... Shame all you have is his name but not his message. All NASA astronautes who have walked on the moon rejected fiercely the delusion of CAGW, but Hardley, who knows nothing else as how many flies are around and that flies don't fly well when it's cold, this clown Hardley who is totally unknown to a relevanet public and is a true blank zero with left-eco silly blather only thinks his pin-sized brain knows more than the heroes who have walked on the moon. Laughter Woodentop Betula tilts at Wow about suspension bridges demononstrating one again that he does not understand the use of analogy. What an impoverished mind, one that can only repost a silly video what a wooden character of the densest type and oily with it - would make useful stern glands. All NASA astronautes [sic] who have walked on the moon rejected fiercely the delusion of CAGW,... And your source for that desperate stretch is.....? Whatever: “What’s really telling is that they couldn’t get people like Buzz Aldrin — or for that matter John Glenn — to sign this petition,” Mann said. “I think it speaks volumes that the most prominent astronauts were completely uninterested in having any part in this ploy, and I was proud of them for that.” Stupid is as stupid does. Waiting around for global action on global climate will not help those Caribou. The IPCC taking up papers (as Wow said) will not help them either. The cause and effect relationship that is under contention is not the 'science' nor is it about your education vs mine nor the DK syndrome nor your self proclaimed debating prowess & etc. The only thing that will help those Caribou, is the development of the poor undeveloped nations financed by the developed nations. Trust me, once the rich nations pay their fair share, you will never hear another worry about Caribous.... Of course, no matter how much they pay, it will never be enough....so the future scenario for the Caribou will always be a catastrophic one... The Caribou have officially entered Wow Purgatory... How to make sense of a brain dump, cut most of the salad out (that is another analogy BTW): The only thing that will help those Caribou... have officially entered Wow Purgatory… How Betula's mind works, or doesn't. Sorry Jeff The link to the Mundine article is now behind a paywall and is now a 'premium article'. You would have no particularly good reason to subscribe to an Australian newspaper & you therefore probably haven't read it. When I first linked it, it was not behind a paywall. Try here instead: http://www.nyunggablack.com/its-common-sense And as I mentioned earlier, I would recommend you think before you 'play the man' who wrote this article. This is why: http://www.nyunggablack.com/our-founder His OP is clearly not driven by being a 'privileged white male' or 'right wing' or 'in the pay of big (whatever)' a 'lackey of the corporate media' or any other of your favourite labels. On the other hand: It’s common sense, stupid!... Being from indigenous population does not rule out the fact that one may need pinches of salt when reading anything from that source. Why? Donald Trump’s victory demonstrates that the media and commentariat are disconnected from ordinary voters. For as in the UK the media have been stirring elements off the population who take news articles, often no more than opinion pieces, at face value and do not fact check. The media, large parts of it, are only disconnected in the sense that they are more beholden to their corporate owners and advertisers than they are to really fair and balanced reporting. But of course you will never recognise that for you are amongst the brain washed media stooges. “In effect, Farage, Gove, Johnson, Fox and Davis, with their 60 or so supporters in the Tory party, are trying to stampede the UK out of the EU on the basis not just of the falsehoods and distortions of the Leave campaign and the 40 years of tabloid venom against the EU, but by continuing to lie about what the referendum really means, deliberately ignoring challenges over its advisory nature and the lack of effective mandate it offers, among other things ignoring the Remain vote entirely and the fact that nearly three-quarters of the British population did not vote to leave the EU.” That comes from this well written article: How you can turn a lie into a truth (according to the sinister Brexit playbook). Five very unlike-able socio-pathic rogues pictured at the head. It is no coincidence that Farage licked Trump's scalp. Birds of a feather, puppets both. Now for Black Swans comprehend the import of that you woodentops. What does black swans and ice have to do with Mundine's piece or the articles you linked? You do realise that the media in the US & in the UK overwhelmingly predicted the opposite results don't you? An academic postulating about 'system one' thinkers is actually another example of exactly what Mundine was writing about. Stu - "Lionel. What does black swans and ice have to do with Mundine’s piece or the articles you linked?" Absolutely nothing. But since it came from Lionel, let's just watch this and call it a day... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQhqikWnQCU What does black swans and ice have to do with Mundine’s piece... Nothing, not intended to you plonker coming back to the real world of how much we are FUBARing the planet. And I note woodentop has resorted to more vacuity, that is all he has the empty skin that he is. Sigh :-( The 'real world' is just dithering around and arguiung about how scary or catastrophic it is or isn't or might be or might not be. It's not helping the swans or the ice anymore than it's helping the large ungulates. Maybe a good question is this: Who or what are the main beneficiaries of this behaviour. Us apparently 'dumbed down' people who are just 'system one' thinkers & etc & etc who do happen to have been educated but also live and work out in the real environment can tell you that the beneficiaries are definitely NOT the ice or the swans or the caribou & etc & etc. Hardley, why did you get your BSc so late at age 34? That's not normal. What is wrong with you? Kim, didn't you read that book on oceanography that Lionel linked @65 on pg 4? There must be an entire chapter in that book explaining Hardley's early basement dwelling days... The ‘real world’ is just dithering around... No stupid, the real world is changing in deleterious fashion because of human activities. Have you not heard, 'Ice does not have an agenda, it melts'? We have had awareness of this for decades and it is because of the activities of big corporations, their bought politicians and scientists that have delayed the taking of avoiding action because they have filled the heads of the general populations with nonsense non-science. That you continue to argue in the fashion that you do is further evidence of the validity of that assessment. And all the other two idiots can do is fart and burp from having a bout of the repeats. Note that Stu2pid is too ignorant to realise what the reference to 'black swans' is, clearly not having bothered to follow links and read. Or if he did then the allusion flew over his head. Will he parse that sensibly. I don't think he is capable, for his 'real environment' is clearly rather restricted in vision. Great demonstration. Kim asks me about 'normal'. Oh the irony. Two responses: first, its none of your fucking business. Second: what is your profession Kim? What is your education? Did you study basket weaving? And do you clean public toilets? Normal is one word that certainly does not describe Kim. He/she is a loony. The Betula asks: "Kim, didn’t you read that book on oceanography that Lionel linked @65 on pg 4?" How can Kim read when he/she is barely literate? Great company these deniers keep. I see Betula, a right wing idiot, banging on about rich countries financing poor countries again. Yawn. The guy is a broken record. He effectively admits he doesn't care about science because in his view AGW is a left wing-UN-orchestrated conspiracy. What a waste of sapce. "All NASA astronautes [NONE OF WHOM HAVE ANY EXPERTISE IN CLIMATE OR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE] who have walked on the moon rejected fiercely the delusion of CAGW" Emphasis mine. At the same time, the vast majority of climate scientists verify the reality of AGW - several surveys show between 91% and 97%. So much for Kim's vaunted astronauts. Its nice to know that my views reflect pretty much the entire scientific community. Is this the best that you can do Kim, oh mentally challenged one? Keep it coming. Its fun demolishing you. Betula, your long rant is typical hot air. Verheggen's study surveyed hundreds of climate scientists. You are the one adding 'C' to it. Its a denier meme. The vast majority of climate scientists believe that we should be doing everything we can to mitigate AGW. Read these and shove them up you butt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change You haven't got a leg to stand on and you know it. Like your blowhard brothers on Deltoid, you can huff and puff and pound your chests all you like but every major scientific organization on Earth verifies the reality of AGW and the need to do something about it. Still more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-determine-the-scienti… The bottom line is this: what would YOU, a humble tree pruner, know about any kind of scientific opinions? You don't work at a university or a research institute and therefore you rarely if ever meet and speak with scientists. In other words you don't have a clue. As I said, what you do have is a number of pre-set beliefs based on your biased political ideology, which is right wing/libertarian/neoliberal. Measures to deal with AGW are seen as a threat to your political ideology so you are forced to enter into debates in fields of which you know absolutely nothing. To counter this knowledge gap you search through the internet for snippets here and pieces there you think will bolster your case. What clowns like you, Kim and other deniers do on Deltoid and other blogs is to try - and miserably fail - to isolate my views as if they fall outside the mainstream and that yours are the rational ones. Look at Kim's stupid astronaut posting, then trying (and again, failing) to dismiss my credentials on the basis that astronauts must by definition know more about climate science than a population ecologist (some very well might, others probably not) and that I am therefore the outlier. Nice try but an epic fail, because there are those major bodies like NASA, NOAA, AAAS, AMS et al. whose views I place a lot higher than yours, Kim's, or even some old retired astronauts. AND THEY ALL AGREE THAT AGW IS VERY REAL, DOWN TO US, AND A SERIOUS THREAT IF LEFT UNCHECKED. Game, set and match. Pack up, accept defeat and go lick your wounds with other idiots on WUWT, Climate Audit, or any number of other blogs run by simpletons with the same political views as you. The bottom line is that your political stance is rapidly losing ground. It's not about your perception of other's academic qualifications. It's not about your academic qualifications. Again- good for you for being well educated. However your use of your impressive quals at this blog is not at all 'scientific' or 'democratic'. Did you read Mundine's article? He is actually commenting on 'the bottom line' IMHO. He is actually commenting on ‘the bottom line’ IMHO. Clearly, humble or not your opinion ain't worth diddly squat, seeing as you always argue from ignorance against those who clearly have a solid grounding in what is under discussion. That is the crux of the matter. It matters not how many ignorant people get upset by being labelled as such - the ice still melts and more rapidly. Oh and also, having informed opinion on climate change and the likely human consequences is not a political stance. It is numpties like you who argue to make it look that way. It IS a political stance for the likes of StuPid. Everything is political for Stupid. And always the fault of the left (which is everyone that does things StuPid doesn't like.) Lionel @47, I was using black swan for exactly that reason for ages, but also recently, and without knowing that this was even a term, it just seems appropriate when you explode a claim like "Nobody does that!" with someone doing exactly that. As usual, deniers are too dumb (well, why would they bother reading a link given to them? They never read the ones that they're told "debunks AGW", so why start with yours?) to work it out themselves. Good job Lionel and Wow :-) Thanks for helping me out via personal demos. It's great. And get some help for that disorder, StuPid. You DO realise that only you accept this story of yours, right? We don't buy it. And even if it were true, you are only being idiotic and childish (and three-year-old childish at that) by continually repeating the tired old "thanks" that we ALL know aren't. Lionel @# 63. Ice still melts. Black swans are still migratory as well being commonly used as an analogy. Large ungulates are still being affected by human activity. None of them care even a little bit about your opinion of my opinion of whatever or whomesoever. None of your postulating and huffing and puffing and intimidation and your 'us vs them' comments and your feeble attempts to look like you belong to some type of elite intelligensia consensus organisation- NONE OF IT- is making one bit of difference to the melting ice, the swans or the large ungulates & etc etc. WoW @#68. What do 'we ALL know that aren't"? Who are 'we ALL'? I am indeed truley thanking you - and I'm doing it again right now. Thanks for demonstrating yet again what I was explaining. You're a champ. ɔːl/ predeterminer, determiner, & pronoun determiner: all; pronoun: all used to refer to the whole quantity or extent of a particular group or thing. "all the people I met" synonyms:each of, each one of the, every one of the, every single one of the; wiː/ pronoun: we used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together. "shall we have a drink?" used to refer to the speaker together with other people regarded in the same category. "nobody knows kids better than we teachers do" people in general. "we should eat as varied and well-balanced a diet as possible" West Indian us or our. "thought you wasn't coming to look for we" Hardley, you did not succeed to explain positively why you got your BSc so late at age 34, which is at least 10 years late compared to average intelligent pupils. Did you have to repeat courses, was it too difficult for you to advance normally, like average students??? I am pretty sure that all your opponents here were considerably better and faster students than you. Therefore your constant ego trips, silly rants and inconsistent non-scientifc argueing are symptoms of deep minority complexes of insufficiency and profound intellectual inferiority versus the estimated climate realists here. Wow's need to look up words is just further proof he can't answer a question.... I realise you're spoiling for a fight. I'm not interested thanks all the same. Neither am I slightly interested in what you think I think or don't think according to whatever tribe or team or label you have assignated. But I do appreciate your excellent demonstration of exactly what I was explaining. No, Stupud, I'm looking for something at least vaguely honest from you. I realise you're spoiled goods, because your political ideology requires that AGW be a scam and that anyone supporting the reality of climate must be made to shut up, but there's always the possibility you will find a sliver of honesty in your makeup. And don't think you fooled anyone with your projection. Why else do you keep blathering on your fake "thank you"s if not to continue a fight you think you are having. Even in the face of being told you're not fooling anyone. Same comment WoW. Ah, same comment as itself, I take it. Or you are making the same comment (which is really just your fake thanks again). Who knows, and who cares? Kim, I will repeat this so you understand it: fuck off. You are in no position to question my academic background whether I got a BSc degree at 34 or 84. Either way I am about a billion times better educated than you. Does that sink in? As for the rest, the non-scientific argument bullshit etc., please excuse me while I laugh out loud. You wouldn't know a scientific argument if it slapped you in the face. Go back to cleaning toilets or whatever it is that you do. "The bottom line is that your political stance is rapidly losing ground" According to who Stu? YOU?! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. You clowns on here are so funny... Wow - "anyone supporting the reality of climate" Could you be more retarded? For you, Batshit, of course. Deh agwhug am real, an peepul like real fings but u hatz real fings. Do you want it more retarded, or did you get it that time? One last point here KIm: my 'opponests here' - including you - have nothing in the way of relevant education, and none have a PhD or are Professors. Indeed, I think that I could find smarter opponents in a kindergarten class. I'm going to have t-shirts made up - I'll call them Deltoid Tees: "Support Climate Reality!" "Climate Exists!" "Believe In The Climate Concept!" "I Have Witnessed Climate First Hand!" "This Car Climbed The Climate!" "I'm With Climate!" "Climate Reality Is Really Real!" "Eat A Climate!" "Oppose Climate Opposition!" "Climate Lives!" "Look, A Climate!" "Stuck In Wow Purgatory!" "Wow Is A Full Blown Retard!" The possibilities are endless... Hardley - "One last point here KIm: my ‘opponests here’ – including you – have nothing in the way of relevant education, and none have a PhD or are Professors" Josef Mengele earned a PhD in physical anthropology from the University of Munich.....remember, it's the PhD that matters... Go ahead, Batshit Bety. Quite what the tshirts mean is anyone's guess. You don't know. I mean, for example, do you believe that climate doesn't exist?!?!? If not, then that tshirt is meaningless of any controversy. Gosh Betula, given the collective wisdom that you, Kim and Olaus exhibit on this blog, its a wonder the scientific community by-and-large has not by now swooned with admiration at the three of you... Instead you are three vacuous, anonymous schmucks who nobody has ever heard of, even though your 'ideas' mimic the little coterie of equally mentally challenged right wing lunatics I sometimes encounter on social media... Aaand with #84, Batshit goes full retard and a) drops a godwin b) indicates that ignorance and lack of education are the ONLY things to have. Which is lucky for batshit here because they failed kindergarden, having been held back for a decade.... Betula, with his latest intellectually bankrupt posting, is using the old Forrest Gump trick, suggesting that anyone with a PhD must be a Nazi war criminal... and that idiots like him who can barely walk and chew gum at the same time must by definition be good, honorable folk. Can these idiots stoop any lower? Well of course they can! They trip over themselves with their idiotic comments, trying to outdo each other. I am sure Kim will come up to bat next with some profoundly innane banter. Hardley - "its a wonder the scientific community by-and-large has not by now swooned with admiration at the three of you" The scientific community isn't on this blog....you are. Hardley - "Betula, with his latest intellectually bankrupt posting, is using the old Forrest Gump trick, suggesting that anyone with a PhD must be a Nazi war criminal" Quite the opposite Hardley, it is you that believes anyone with a PhD is to be revered... "The scientific community isn’t on this blog….you are." And you. But that doesn't disprove Jeff's statement regarding your idiotic rantings, Batshit. However, irrelevancies are all you have; now you're demonstrating how irrelevant you are. "it is you that believes anyone with a PhD is to be revered" Wow - "Where?" It's a recurring subject throughout Hardley's comments, much like Dunning - Kruger. You obviously don't read his comments, and I don't really blame you. If you are curious, you will have to review his comments yourself, since I'm not going to waste my time with you... And If Hardley doesn't believe PhD's are to be revered, he can tell me himself... "Wow – “Where?” It’s a recurring subject throughout Hardley’s comments" Should be easy to show, then. " you will have to review his comments yourself" Did. Your assertion is not in evidence. Making shit up again, batty betty? "since I’m not going to waste my time with you…" All you've done here is waste your time. Hell, you've wasted aeons of time just reposting the same old bollocks link to youtube. Since your time is so worthless, even when it comes to you talking to me, your claim here is, as with the other one you've refused to support, false. "And If Hardley doesn’t believe PhD’s are to be revered, he can tell me himself…" Why? Since you've already made up what he said before, make up he told you that too. Batshit Betty's "life": “it is you that believes anyone with a PhD is to be revered” "doesn’t believe PhD’s are to be revered," World of Batshit: Read Betty's posts. There's Betula again, making things up. I never said a person with a PhD should be revered. BUT.... I take the opinions of people with the education and expertise in the relevant fields over tree pruners, toilet cleaners and the other denier rabble here. The fact that Betula thinks he knows more about climate science than 95% of the climate science community shows who he really reveres. Himself. He thinks he knows more than they do. He also thinks that he knows more than the scientists at NASA, he NOAA, the AAAS and other esteemed scientific organizations. Its actually amusing watching scientifically illiterate schmucks claim that they know more than scientists who possess years of research experience. Look at the comments of the people who write into WUWT and one can only wonder why these self-educated luminaries are stuck in menial jobs and aren't actually themselves Professors in universities and research institutes. More on why Black Swans appeared in this thread. And no it wasn't intended to add to the dialogue which had descended into a swamp, thanks Bet-Stu-Kim. but to bring the Open Thread back to germane events. Of course being the muppet he is Stu2pid once again tried to pull things back into the swamp by inane references to Black Swans - but that ain't going to happen. Jeff @#79. According to the outcomes of recent referendums and elections in the UK, US and Aus. Did you read Mundine's OP Jeff? People care about 'the reality of climate' along with heaps of other issues, but, according to results in 2016, it does appear they don't care much for the touted global management solutions for all those issues. Contrary to hubristic and sneering assertions otherwise it's not because the general population in places like the UK, US & AUS lack education or are unable to think for themselves. And it definitely has nothing whatsoever at all to do with what you and Jeff think I meant about whatever or whoever or whoever or whatever you think I listen to or whatever ad nauseum. None of it is doing anything at all to help those large ungulates or repair that suspension bridge or stop the ice melting or help the birds or help save us from ourselves & etc & etc. Who or what are the beneficiaries of this behaviour? Wow - "Should be easy to show, then" Wow - "All you’ve done here is waste your time' With you - Yes. Scienceblogs is shutting down Well, scienceblogs is shutting down at the end of the month. I don't want all the old posts and comments to disappear, so I'm going to move them all to deltoidblog.blogspot.com. March 2017 Open Thread January 2107 Open thread	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4454
__label__cc	0.693038	0.306962	Ethics of Hope Jurgen Moltmann For a time of peril, world-renowned theologian Jurgen Moltmann offers an ethical framework for the future. Moltmann has shown how hope in the future decisively reconfigures the present and shapes our understanding of central Christian convictions, from creation to New Creation. Now, in an era of unprecedented scientific advances alongside unparalleled global dangers, Moltmann has formulated his long-awaited Ethics of Hope. Building on the conviction, asserted in his Theology of Hope, that Christian existence and social matters are inextricably tied together in the political sphere, Moltmann unfolds his ethics in light of eschatology, clearly distinguishing it from prior and competing visions of Christian ethics. He then specifies his vision with an ethic of life (against the dominant ethic of death), an ethic of earth (against today's utilitarian ethic) and an ethic of justice (against today's social injustice and global conflicts). In the process, he applies this framework to concrete issues of medical ethics, ecological ethic, and just-war ethics. Professor Jurgen Moltmann is Professor emeritus of Systematic Theology at the Univerisity of Tubingen, Germany. He is one of the most important post-war, post-Holocaust theologians whose work has influenced the last two generations of theological thought in Germany and worldwide. Sun of Righteousness, Arise! In the End the Beginning Theology of Hope A Broad Place Human Rights and the Image of God Briefly: Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling Briefly: Moore's Principia Ethica Briefly: Anselm's Proslogion Education for Justice Confusions in Christian Social Ethics Ethics Matters Theology's Strange Return Arguments Against Secular Culture Doctor's Casebook in the Light of the Bible Britain's Bomb	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4456
__label__cc	0.673957	0.326043	Muscle-actuated Simulation of Human Running See followers (29) DocumentsForumsIssues Hamner, SR, Seth, A, and Delp, SL, Muscle contributions to propulsion and support during running. Journal of Biomechanics, doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.06.025 (2010) Muscles actuate running by developing forces that propel the body forward while supporting the body’s weight. To understand how muscles contribute to propulsion (i.e., forward acceleration of the mass center) and support (i.e., upward acceleration of the mass center) during running we developed a three- dimensional muscle-actuated simulation of the running gait cycle. The simulation is driven by 92 musculotendon actuators of the lower extremities and torso and includes the dynamics of arm motion. We analyzed the simulation to determine how each muscle contributed to the acceleration of the body mass center. During the early part of the stance phase, the quadriceps muscle group was the largest contributor to braking (i.e., backward acceleration of the mass center) and support. During the second half of the stance phase, the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles were the greatest contributors to propulsion and support. The arms did not contribute substantially to either propulsion or support, generating less than 1% of the peak mass center acceleration. However, the arms effectively counterbalanced the vertical angular momentum of the lower extremities. Our analysis reveals that the quadriceps and plantarflexors are the major contributors to acceleration of the body mass center during running. The purpose of this study was to determine how muscles contribute to propulsion (i.e., the fore-aft acceleration) and support (i.e., the vertical acceleration) of the body mass center during running. Download Latest Releases 01 Simulation of Human Running: Hamner2010_SuppMaterial.zip 01 Simulation of Human Running: RunningSimulation_simTK.zip 02 Full Body Model: FullBodyModel_SimpleArms_Hamner2010_Markers_v2_0.osim 02 Full Body Model: hat_ribs_scap.vtp License: 02 Full Body Model The purpose of this study was to determine how muscles contribute to propulsion (i.e., the fore-aft acceleration) and support (i.e., the vertical acceleration) of the body mass center during running at 3.96 m/s (6:46 min/mile), including the effects of the torso and arms. To achieve this, we developed a three-dimensional muscle-actuated simulation of running that included 92 musculotendon actuators representing 76 muscles of the lower extremities and torso. By using a three-dimensional model with lower extremity muscles, a torso, and arms, we were able to quantify the contribution of muscles and arm dynamics to mass center accelerations in three dimensions, which provided insights into the actions of muscles during running. The simulation is freely available (simtk.org) allowing other researchers to reproduce our results and perform additional analyses. Samuel Hamner Scott Delp The musculoskeletal model files (.osim), the settings files (.xml), and associated results files (.mot, .sto) are provided to reproduce the results of the simulation using OpenSim. contributions to mass center... Simbody: Multibody Physics API Platform for Dynamic Simulation and Control of... EMG-informed Computed Muscle Control for Dynamic... Batch OpenSim Processing Scripts (BOPS) MB Knee: Multibody Models of the Human Knee subject-specific musculoskeletal... MultiBody Systems Benchmark in OpenSim (MBS-BOS) CT-scan based extended dynamic foot model Simulation of OpenArm: Volumetric Models of Force- SAI Application for Task-level Simulation of... SB Lower Limb Model EMG-Informed Neuromusculoskeletal... Grand Challenge Competition to Predict In Vivo...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4460
__label__wiki	0.627416	0.627416	Valedictory Ceremony 2017 One of our school’s most iconic ceremonies is the farewell and Valedictory for the outgoing students of the year. Marked with dignity and seriousness, it is a solemn affair tinged with sadness as it marks the end of one’s school days, and yet there is a sense of achievement and satisfaction of a journey well done. This year was no different and the chill January evening saw the Valedictorians lined up and awaiting the arrival of the Chief Guest. The elite Josephite Guard of Honour - NCC Cadets - heralded the arrival of the Chief Guest Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar AVSM, VSM, VM (Retd.), Mrs. Sheila Rajkumar, Guest of Honour Dr. C. S. Rajan, Rector of St. Joseph’s Institutions Rev. Fr. Anthony Joseph SJ, Former Principal of SJBHS Rev. Fr. Claude D’Souza SJ, President of the OBA Mr. Shashi Lewis, Secretary of the OBA Mr. Brian D’Lima, Secretary of the PTA Mrs. Reena Pereira and they were escorted by the Vice Principal Mrs. Miriam Angelo and Administrator, Primary School, Rev. Fr. Robert Rodrigues SJ. Our Principal, Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira SJ, led the Valedictory March down the red carpet towards the stage where the backdrop proclaimed: ‘Keep your face towards the light and shadows will fall behind you.’ The solemnity of the evening gathered momentum with the lighting of the symbolic lamp to mark the illumination of the spiritual path. The hymn ‘The Potter’s Hand’, was followed by prayers thanking God for His grace in academics, sports, co curricular activities, a secular outlook acquired at SJBHS, the opportunity to study in a Jesuit school and carry forth the culture imbibed here. There were readings from the scriptures and the reflection, followed by the closing prayer by our Fr. Principal and the all-time favourite hymn, ‘Thank You Lord’. In his welcome, Fr. Clifford said this was a significant phase in a student’s life where he/she could give wings to their dreams. He went on to introduce the well known dignitaries while bouquets and mementoes were presented to them. In the Valedictorian Address, Hitesh of Std 12 quoted Steve Job: ‘Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life’. Kaustubh Roy of Std 10 quoted J. K. Rowling: ‘We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already’. Along with advice to their fellow Valedictorians, they spoke nostalgically about school memories along with promises for the future and a string of thankyous to the management, staff, support staff and their juniors. The transfer of charge, as per Josephite tradition, took place to the tune of ‘Abide with me’, played by the school band. The school flag was lowered by the representatives of Stds 10 &12, and they handed over the same to the students of Stds 9 & 11, who then hoisted the flag once again – signifying the change of guard and the safe keeping of tradition with the new regime. Suthanshu of Std 11 and Darren of Std 9 replied to the Valedictorians’ address with thankyous to the seniors for their guidance and support. The exchange of scrolls sealed the transfer of charge. The Chief Guest, Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar then took the stage and he advised the boys and girls to dream and follow their hearts, armour themselves with honesty, to be flexible and adaptable to the dynamic world, to conquer fear, to be committed to personal fitness, to keep time for prayer and meditation and to be ideal citizens by obeying the laws of the land, exercising their voting rights and having a strong belief in Justice and Equality of thoughts, words and deeds. Our Rector’s address called on the Valedictorians to reach for the highest form of commitment which would make each individual passionate towards achieving their goals. Quoting Mario Andretti, he said: ‘Desire is the key to motivation, but it is determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek’. The much motivated students of Stds 10 & 12 were felicitated with mementoes and their well deserved course certificates. An evening at St. Joseph’s can never be complete without music and so this evening as well, the song ‘Gift of a Friend’ by the students of Std 11 was in keeping with the farewell theme. The teachers’ song ‘Let This Be Our Prayer’ received a standing ovation for melody, authenticity and the message. All the 165 Valedictorians, in one voice, sang the song ‘May we be a Shining Light’. The candles were lit as Fr. Principal passed on the light from the symbolic lamp to every student to go into the world to spread the light of knowledge and negate the fear of ignorance and the darkness of doubt. The song ‘Carry Your Candle, Go Light the World’ said it all as the teachers, parents and well wishers of the outgoing batch of 2017 encircled the gathering and bestowed congratulatory wishes on the passing out parade. Yet another solemn Valedictory ceremony came to an end.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4464
__label__wiki	0.53741	0.53741	Digital, Booking Sites Expedia Isn’t Ready to Invest Big in Restaurant Reservations - Dec 11, 2018 2:30 am Expedia has dealt with a ton of distractions in recent years as it acquired Wotif, Travelocity, Orbitz Worldwide, and HomeAway, for example. CEO Mark Okerstrom wants to focus on the basics instead, and doesn’t want to take bold steps into dining reservations or food delivery for now. On the other hand, Expedia is a very acquisitive company so never say never. — Dennis Schaal While well-known travel companies, including Booking Holdings, TripAdvisor, Grab and Meituan, are betting big on the synergies between travel and restaurants, and in some cases, food delivery, Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom isn’t ready to endorse the trend. Pointing to Booking Holdings $941 million writedown in 2016 on its $2.6 billion acquisition of OpenTable a couple of years earlier, Okerstrom said there is a “real question” as to whether the synergies between travel booking, restaurants, and ridesharing are real. The issue of servicing locals going out to restaurants or buying concert tickets versus travelers coming into town very occasionally is one that many travel companies have tried to address in recent years. The travel industry has learned from Booking Holdings’ difficulties with OpenTable that it is wise to be careful when considering investing in the connection between food and travel, he said. In addition to the writedown, Booking Holdings recently reorganized its OpenTable dining reservations unit, transforming it from an independent brand and folding it into Kayak’s purview. Kayak CEO Steve Hafner has overall responsibility for OpenTable, and OpenTable CEO Christa Quarles is leaving the company. Okerstrom said Expedia Group is focusing on the basics of travel rather than experimenting deeply with adjacent verticals. Still, although Expedia Group hasn’t acquired a restaurant reservations platform, as did Booking Holdings with OpenTable, and TripAdvisor, which bought La Fourchette, Expedia did announce earlier this year that it signed up Reserve as the exclusive dining reservations platform on Expedia.com. That partnership never came to fruition, and in the interim Resy bought a struggling Reserve. In fact, what happened is that Expedia, in test and learn mode, decided not to go ahead with an ongoing Reserve implementation, and decided to grow its Expedia Local Expert business instead. Expedia does offer some dining services, although in a low-key way. Expedia.com, for example, offers a plethora of foodie and wine-tasting tours, and concierges from the Expedia Local Expert business indeed can make dining reservations for travelers. Most of the Expedia Local Expert service takes place online, although there are a handful of touristy destinations that have physical concierge desks. As with restaurant reservations, Okerstrom doesn’t believe that Expedia needs to make big investments in ridesharing or food delivery, as Booking Holdings has done with Didi in China and Grab in Southeast Asia. TripAdvisor has partnered with several food delivery services. Okerstrom, who was speaking at a press briefing at the company’s Explore ’18 conference in Las Vegas last week, pointed out that his company doesn’t need to make big investments in ridehailing because of its relationship with Uber. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was Okerstrom’s immediate predecessor as CEO, and he still has a seat on the Expedia Group board. Okerstrom said Expedia’s business travel unit, Egencia, currently offers business travelers Uber rides. Asked about the synergy that Chinese e-commerce platform Meituan is finding between food delivery services and hotel bookings as it becomes one of the leading accommodations-booking sites in China, Okerstrom said one needs to set China aside as a potential example for companies in other geographies. “China is a different world,” he said. He’s also apparently setting aside big investments in restaurants, food delivery and ridesharing for now while Expedia focuses on the basics — or until it finds an opportunity for an attractive deal. Tags: booking holdings, didi, dining, expedia, food delivery, grab, meituan, opentable, restaurants, ridesharing, tripadvisor Photo Credit: Expedia offers food tours, as does Airbnb (shown here). But Expedia isn't ready to make big investments in dining reservations platforms, said CEO Mark Okerstrom. Airbnb New Skift Report: The Transformative Role of Design in Hospitality Airbnb Offers Greater Price Transparency in Europe After Regulatory Threats Momondo’s Viral Video Is a Piece of Kayak’s Brand Marketing Strategy Highest-Paid Online Travel CEOs of 2018	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4466
__label__cc	0.684733	0.315267	Is O(log n) for memory management considered slow? I am talking about single thread general purpose memory allocation/deallocation from a global 'heap' as e.g. every C programmer knows in the form of malloc()/free(). I can't recite the actual title of a paper about a much-better-but-alas-somewhat-restricted-in-usecase allocator, but I think I read the same judgement on several occasions. The community opinion about e.g. a balanced tree which has O(log n) for n = size of managed memory is that it is too slow. I can see the problem if we are talking about some high-frequency looping constructs, although I think that this pattern is a rather rare one. For the once in a while allocation of an object though, which is afterwards used in an O(n) algorithm (n = size of object in memory cells) the impact is rather minor, isn't it? Nevertheless, the public opinion about such allocators seems to be that they are way too primitive to be used, much less in an realtime environment. memory memory-usage heap allocation malloc VroomfondelVroomfondel You might enjoy g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html which discusses a few allocator strategies. AFAIK storing memory chunks in linked lists isn't uncommon for malloc() implementations. Yes, that is rather slow. Compacting garbage collectors can perform memory allocation a lot faster. Realtime doesn't require fast, it requires predictable. Dynamic memory allocation is not predictable because you might run out of available memory, just like recursion is not predictable because you may overflow the stack. – amon Sep 21 '17 at 17:08 Note that O(log n) isn't necessarily faster than O(1). If n is always less than a billion, say, then a constant factor of 30 will outweigh the difference between the two. – Tanner Swett Sep 22 '17 at 0:08 The "ideal" performance of an algorithm in people's minds is dependent on what the best option is out there. If you can do a "find" operation on a data structure in O(n log N) time, is that fast enough? Maybe it is. However, for many structures you can do a find in O(n), or even O(log n), so people will call your O(n log n) "slow." This isn't because it's actually slow, but because there's faster algorithms that meet their needs. In general, people have found algorithms that run faster than O(log n) which meet their expectations for memory management. Thus, any O(log n) algorithm is going to be marked as "too slow" by the general populous unless it offers some valuable feature to offset this speed change. You won't sell many sports cars with 50HP motors in them in a country where sportcars all have 250+HP, unless you can show some unique value of this 50HP sportscar. Perhaps it's cheaper, or it's biodegradable. Most developers using these memory management algorithms do not want to have to think about the cost of the underlying API. If they even have to consider the asymptotic runtime performance of their memory management, then it's too slow for them. They'll reject it. All of this means that real memory management libraries tend to have to model performance in a more nuanced way than simple Big-Oh notation. Big-Oh is nice, but for the kind of performance they are interested in, it's not good enough. Memory managers have to care about the actual time constants which govern how fast they run, which Big-Oh simply ignores. Their runtime analyses include things like branch mispredictions and jitter and non-random reads/writes in order to eek out a few percent more performance. So in the end, if given the choice between a O(log n) algorithm, and a bleeding edge tuned algortihm that requires 3 cycles to allocate objects smaller than 64 bytes, and 20-40 cycles for larger objects, which one are you going to choose? "Slow" depends on the application. For some real-time applications (high speed machinery control, DSP, etc.), any non-bounded latency might be too slow, perhaps even leading to a catastrophic failure mode. For these applications, O(1) code is easier to verify as safe. O(logN) is only safe if N is strictly bounded and within requirements, and max(N) might be difficult to determine, verify, or test. For instance, Objective C includes reference count memory management, yet Apple still recommends against the use of any methods that can allocate memory inside iOS/macOS real-time audio contexts. You don't want a live-performance music synth to pop $$$ worth of concert hall speakers. hotpaw2hotpaw2 I think the answer would be quite similar to what is used inside an OS, e.g. Linux kernel. The issue here is, is it slow? Of course not, O(log n) is fast. Is it always fast? It turns out some algorithms are fast for lookup but not so fast for insertion/deletion, and others are faster in insertion/deletion but not so fast for lookup. For example, both AVL and Red-black tree are O(log n). To quote the kernel documentation: Red-black trees are similar to AVL trees, but provide faster real-time bounded worst case performance for insertion and deletion (at most two rotations and three rotations, respectively, to balance the tree), with slightly slower (but still O(log n)) lookup time. In the case where Red-black tree is used, there are significant amount of insert/delete operations, and that might not be the case for all applications. That should give a good idea of how an algorithm should perform. The pinch of salt is, it depends on the application and the way to find it out is by profiling. imel96imel96 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged memory memory-usage heap allocation malloc or ask your own question. Java memory management (thunks/lazyness) Deterministic and controllable fully automated memory management What is the best solution for static memory allocation? Why is it called a memory leak? Laissez faire memory management Static memory idiom How do Virtual Machines allocate memory? Best Practices For Writing Memory Efficient CSS First Fit Algorithm Memory Allocation Algorithm for efficiently allocating memory	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4469
__label__cc	0.723375	0.276625	Consulting and Custom Research Customer Experience and Satisfaction Wealth and Retirement Research Newsletters and Content Millionaire Investor Confidence Index Best Advisor How & Who Investors We Survey Millionaire FAQ Reports & Articles Wealth Market Reports Retirement Market Reports Articles for Advisors Directory of Reports Account & Login How Millionaires Spend Their Money A person needs to have money to spend money, and the people who have more money are going to spend more money. Advisors work with investors to turn their money into more money, either for current spending, greater investments or to provide funds for retirement. But investors do not invest all of their money. Some of it they spend. Spectrem’s annual study on asset allocation among affluent investors looks at how investors invest their funds. It examines their current portfolio, their future investment intentions, their retirement packages, their insurance ownership and security products such as wills and trusts. But, included in the asset allocation of Millionaire investors is their normal expenditures on clothing, automobiles, entertainment and vacation. Examining those expenditures is revealing when affluent investors are segmented by age and wealth. The study Asset Allocation, Portfolios and Primary Providers looks at Millionaire investors with a net worth between $1 million and $5 million and Ultra High Net Worth investors with a net worth between $5 million and $25 million. Obviously, investors with greater net worth spend more on everyday expenditures, but sometimes the spending differences are stark and revealing. How does this information assist advisors in their relationships with investors? Any information advisors can gather on the habits of investors related to any use of their money can create a better understanding of the motivations and habits of investors, which in turn can provide better ideas for investment recommendations. There are expenditures in the study that everybody has, and the spending totals are a matter of degree. Everybody buys clothing, most people own cars, and most people do home improvement projects that cost money. What is revealing is the expenditures in areas that reflect greater choice, such as entertainment purchases, vacation spending, charitable and political contributions, and collectible ownership. The Spectrem study asked investors to list their expenditures over the 12 months prior to taking the survey, and there is much higher spending on collectibles, vacations and based on age. For instance, millennial Millionaires spend much more on tickets to symphonies, plays and concerts than do older investors. Seventeen percent of millennial Millionaires spent at least $5,000 on tickets for that form of entertainment in the previous 12 months, while only 4 percent of Baby Boomers did so. The same is true for sporting events, with 21 percent of millennial Millionaires spending at least $5,000 while only 7 percent of Gen Xers did so. On the other hand, the older an affluent investor is, the more they spend on vacations. Sixty percent of World War II Millionaires spend at least $5,000 a year on vacations while only 21 percent of millennial Millionaires do so. Even among Baby Boomers, 57 percent spend at least $5,000 annually on vacations. The older the investor, the more likely they are to make charitable contributions. Only 13 percent of millennial Millionaires contributed $5,000 or more in the year prior to taking the survey, while 18 percent of Gen Xers, 23 percent of Baby Boomers and 32 percent of World War II investors did so. Is that sort of spending just throwing money away? In each case, the investor does get something in return in terms of entertainment, relaxation or self-respect (in the case of charitable contributions). But there are expenditures that do have some value if done properly, such as collectibles. Among Millionaires, only 25 percent spent any money on collectibles, and only 4 percent spent more than $5,000 on such purchases. Among UHNW investors, 33 percent made collectibles purchases, including 10 percent that spent more than $5,000 and 5 percent that spent more than $10,000. Top Takeaways for Advisors Certainly, investors invest in order to secure their financial future, or the financial future of their offspring. But they also like to have money to spend on personal pleasure, and advisors can help in that regard as well. Advisory firms that offer concierge services can provide incentive deals for travel, and can be aware of events which support charitable causes or the arts. While the business of providing financial advice concentrates on investment opportunities, an advisor can improve his relationship with his clients by considering their outside interests and providing information or guidance in how best to spend those funds. ©2017 Spectrem Group Spectrem Group strategically analyzes its ongoing primary research with investors to assist financial providers and advisors in understanding the Voice of the Investor. 840 S. Waukegan Road, Suite 211 Lake Forest, IL 60045 Email: info@spectrem.com Terms of Use \| Privacy Policy \| Return Policy \|© Copyright 2015 Spectrem Designed by JRunyard.com \| Powered by Cranium Softworks	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4476
__label__cc	0.566974	0.433026	What gigs have you just been to? Re: What gigs have you just been to? Post by runcible » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:04 am The Damned at Leeds O2 Academy The Damned were my first musical obsession and I still get a lot out of their music decades later. This wasn't the best I have seen them although there were plenty of fun and enjoyable moments. A 40th anniversary set saw them open with the whole of Damned Damned Damned - although the absence of Stab Yor Back shows their rift with Rat Scabies is as healthy as ever - and then 90 minutes of stuff from all over their career. Some very unexpected songs in there, many of which I had never heard them play before despite seeing them well over 30 times. Under The Floor Again, White Rabbit, Life Goes On, Antipope - all surprises. The usual audience/band banter with Captain Sensible's inevitable endless crowd wind-ups including him baiting the punters about Jimmy Savile. Good punky fun. Having said that this was at the O2 Academy, a truly wretched venue. Lumpy, muddy sound a lot of the time and a really annoying lighting rig that was largely blinding the audience with bright spotlights and strobes shining directy into your eyes, to the point where it was so unpleasant that I spent a lot of the gig with my head down and eyes shut. In my old(er) age I find venues to be instrumental in my enjoyment. I now realise that if a show is at an O2 Academy it is likely I won't go. Sadly that is the level of pull The Damned have, so that may be my last ever Damned show. I can't go to shows at that shithole. The venue kind of ruined it. But whatever, I still love The Damned and will state again that I regard Sensible as one of the most unrated guitarists in rock - he remains a spectacular player, largely note perfect and looking like he could do it in his sleep. But I miss Rat, no doubt about that. Post by Aquarian-Time » Fri Nov 18, 2016 10:45 am update on recent gig going; Goat as mentioned by angelsighs, really enjoyable show they really smash it live, great vibes, good day with some beers and great bands. Hookworms typically suffered with poor sound, which seems to be something that follows them around, i have seen them nigh on 12 times and only twice can I recall superb sound, so probably not a coincidence. Jane Weaver was great but the songs are too long and begin to meander, Mugstar, whilst playing great definately missed pete as there was a definate layer missing and it couldn't be covered up. Drummer is awesome though. Following week it was myself and Gaz off to Gorilla in Manchester for; You know what you get with these guys, 1 hr 10 mins of throbbing repetition and much head bobbing, nice mix from all the albums, (setlist is up at setlist.fm). Good crowd in, not sold out but well attended, easily 500 plus in maybe more. Quick catch up with Jamers T after the show in the Piccadilly Tap and homeward bound. This was at the much maligned (and rightly so) Victoria warehouse near to Old Trafford. There were horror stories about the gig with John Carpenter the weekend previous so it was with much trepidation we headed here very early to make sure we could actually see. We were in situ about 1hour 15 before she came on. Sound was great where we were and the view was decent and unobtrusive. Not so for those who turned up half hour before she was due on and the crowd bottlenecked to devastating effect ensuring 25% of the crowd (which they said hadn't sold out !!) could not see or hear much as they were behind pillars in the bar, so impossible to get a drink for anyone else as well (which was fine as the beer is shit and overpriced). The complaint raged with gusto on social media for the week following, people demanding refunds. The show itself was an unbelievable spectacle, Polly is a consumate performer, backed by 10 no less chaps, many of her long standing entourage all present. The guys add vocals on a large quantity of the set which drew heavily from the last 2 albums and it worked on every level. We had every manor of instrumentation played and the crowd lapped it up. It was a special evening, although not so for 1000 or so whose night was ruined by a greedy venue who clearly oversold the event. last Sunday it was Kristin Hersh @: Gorilla One of my favourite artists, anything she does I buy and listen to death, ever since The Throwing Muses University tour and prior to that her Hips and makers tour in 94, probably seen her in one guise or another nigh on 20 times. For those that are not a fan, i would urge you to watch her solo, the passion and intensity is so engrossing, as well as her famous head sliding from side to side whilst staring into space (although you always convince yourself she is looking at you!) This event coincided with her new book/double Cd. A seated (sold out) show in which she went through her repertoire for 90 minutes, whilst reading excerpts from her books and telling her witty stories to lead us into the next song. Too many highlight to mention, but her guitar playing is wonderful and it was a lovely evening with this engaging performer. Tuesday I was at Gorilla again for; Again not sold out but probably 450 to 500 in. I real return to form for the Canadinan Prog/rock/psych outfit with their album from this year returning to the longer song method that has served them so well rather than the Sabbath-esque 3rd album that did nothing for me. nigh on 90 minutes of big riffs, lovely male/female combined vox, some excellent keyboards floating across the whole entire set and the band played with relentless energy. Set was career spanning but 5 from the new album which worked even better in a live setting. Stormy High was brilliant as always, but opener Mothers of The Sun was ferocious and gave everyone an early smack in the chops. After a superb 10 minute version of Space To Bakersfield, they departed, only to return with a transcendent and very different 'No Hits' from the 10 year old debut. Wonderful stuff Teenage Fanclub tonight, Steve Gunn on Sunday Post by Shinesalight » Fri Nov 18, 2016 7:39 pm Aquarian-Time wrote: Teenage Fanclub tonight, Steve Gunn on Sunday ....divorce papers issued on Monday? Post by angelsighs » Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:33 pm part 2.. My second time seeing Earth and a lot to enjoy- Dylan's guitar raised pose, the seemingly infinite sustain as the notes hang in the air, the excellent drumming (I like to watch Adrienne drum, I think there is actually a lot of skill in drumming that slowly). The only thing was it was kinda more of the same. The setlist was basically identical as last time I saw them, except for one new song and a song from a recent soundtrack. Wonder where Earth will take their sound next.. the reinvention into softer and more atmospheric drone was inspired, then the last album was a mixture of old and new Earth. The crowd at Earth gigs is always interesting- one of those gigs where you see metalheads, psychonauts and indie kids at the same show This was a double headliner with Alcest who are kind of metal mixed with shoegaze. I didn't enjoy them so much, they were definitely tight and I enjoyed the shoegaze elements where they let effects pedals do their stuff, but the metal elements were too prominent for my tastes. Mono were just what I expected- kind of a one trick pony, but what a trick. They do deal in the cliches of postrock but I think what sets them apart is the sheer beauty and scale of the songs they put together. Almost comically epic at points but if you go along with it, boy is it effective! They opened with one of my favourites, Ashes in The Snow which set the tone- building from a gentle xylophone beginning through to strummed delayed guitars where it starts to swirl, then the huge crescendos were just breathtaking. most of the set was from the new album I think. The last song was seriously epic- the first half was nice and melodic then the second half just went ballistic. Another case of more of the same, really. very similar set to last time I saw them and with a hefty price tag for the ticket and no support act, left me feeling a bit short changed. The band are all very tight and professional- almost too professional and slick to be honest. kind of wanted some of the danger and edge where you feel they might be improvising in the moment. John did have a sweary rant at someone taking photos from the balcony but it was more like he was trying to play up to his badboy image. They did an extended vamp on Religion but it just seemed quite rehearsed. other early ones played were Albatross (probably highlight of the set) and Swan Lake. I don't want to seem too down on the set as they certainly played well, and I'm glad they are still putting out new work.. but it left me a bit cold. Post by olan » Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:26 pm Went to see The Sisters of Mercy last night. It is 31 years since I last saw them in 1985. They used to be a decent night out and an excellent (if goth) live act. Last night was awful. Rubbish sound, horrible venue (Liverpool Olympia, I was last there for a New Order gig in 1983 ) crap band. I arrived at 9:00. Gig started at 9:10, I left at 9:55. Utterly rubbish caricature of what was once a decent rock 'n roll band. Post by runcible » Sun Nov 27, 2016 11:20 am Oh dear Olan. Sometimes revisiting your old heroes can be a big let down... I saw The Early Years at Leeds Wharf Chambers on Thursday. Have to say they were quite excellent. The set was evenly split between old and new and pretty much everything was spot on. Tiny venue, no more than 60 people, but an excellent sound and a nice vibe throughout. They really cranked it up at times with some good old-fashioned Jason-style wah-wah rippling around a lot of the time which was most welcome. We chatted to a couple of the band who were really friendly and appreciative to those who made the effort. Great band, great night. Post by herman » Sun Nov 27, 2016 12:12 pm Went to see The Psychic Ills last night. Nice gig with an overall narcotic haze over it... Post by runcible » Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:05 am Touché...! Psychic Ills at Leeds Headrow House last night. I was a little hesitant about this show but it turned out to be excellent. The band took the stage in somewhat shambolic fashion, taking an age to set up and very late. That meant we missed the final section as the last bus home was a close call. The opening track - unknown to me - was actually pretty dull and just rotated vaguely pleasantly without doing much. Then they went into a lot of the songs from the Inner Journey Out album, one of the year's best releases for many of us, and the whole dynamic changed. Fantastic wobbly reverb guitar sound, deep bass and a truly glorious pedal steel, and for such a small place the sound was absolutely spot on - very clear yet enveloping. Highlights would be Baby, Coca Cola Blues and - particularly - I Don't Mind. In the middle of that song there is a big pedal steel solo and as it approached I saw bassist Elizabeth Hart glance over at guitarist Tres Warren and then smile broadly as the slippery notes gushed off the stage. A neat moment. At one point the pedal steel was played through a fuzz pedal which sounded spectacular. The whole set was generally very impressive and really enjoyable. One curious note. The venue was a new one for the crowd i was with and seemed rather good. Uutil I popped to the toilets before the end and found the Gents to be a small room full of cardboard boxes, buckets, mops and rubbish you couldn't get past before waiting and watching the bloke in front of you peeing in a single open - indeed door-less - cubicle. Surreal - and by some distance the most unpleasant venue toilets I can remember. Something not right there! Post by olan » Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:43 pm runcible wrote: Oh dear Olan. Sometimes revisiting your old heroes can be a big let down... They were not early heros at all. They were a decent night out. They did have a fair old influence on the music I listen to though as I chased down The Stooges and Suicide back catalogues having heard the Sisters cover 1969 and Ghost Rider in the early 1980s. They also used to regularly cover VU and the Stones. Surprisingly though, their live covers of Emma, Jolene and Gimmme, gimme gimme a man after midnight did not convert me to Hot Chocolate, Dolly Parton or Abba. Having learned my lesson about avoiding 1980's bands with dodgy goth associations, I am off to see The Cure tonight on a freebie. Re: Sisters Of Mercy: A few years ago, actually maybe more, I walked into a local record shop and they had a stack of free Sisters Of Mercy tickets on the counter. I took a few. I had never seen them before. We used to sell a lot of their records. Lots of them rare at collectors prices. To my knowledge they never toured much. I went with some friends and if I weren't in a sea of goths all dressed up and in serious pouty face form I would have thought it was a goth karaoke night. They were horrible. I admit I am not a fan. I like a few songs. Mainly some of the cover versions like Gimme Shelter and 1969. Re: Psychic Ills: I really do believe the show I saw suffered for the promoter blowing it. It was a beautiful night in SW Detroit and the venue was empty. There were 3 bands and most of the crowd was made up of other bands. They never advertised the show nor did they get the tickets out to the record shops that sell them for this venue minus the ridiculous surcharge. I do think we got a show that reflected the disappointment of the band and they just went thru the motions. Being a massive Spiritualized fan clearly I dont need banter from bands. But I don't think the guitarist/singer ever looked up and acknowledged the crowd until the very end. Maybe my expectations were too high. I just left the venue wondering why I just spent the time and effort for what I got in return. Glad you folks in Leeds enjoyed it. Post by olan » Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:25 am Just back from The Cure. Very weird gig with a total lack of atmosphere in the venue. The crowd was asleep for much of the set. The show was truncated set due to illness and technical issues. Decent night out for the price I paid but they are typically much better than this. Post by angelsighs » Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:10 am I assume a truncated Cure show is still at least 2 hours long : Post by niamhm » Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:17 pm Psychic Ills at Glasgow Broadcast Almost didn`t go to this, glad I changed my mind late on although I did have to go solo. For a midweek gig there was a very respectable crowd, way more than I thought the band could realistically draw not sold out, but not far away, pleasing stuff for the band. The actual band were bang on, Elizabeth Hart on bass? Yes she`s good, right thick bass sound, the songs from this yrs album making up the most of the set with a few from the previous One Track Mind as well. Any notions I had about it being a bit `samey` were quickly dispelled, gospel and country tones, jazzy inflexions here, and really bluesy rocking out in places plus a really woozy narcotic feel that was most pleasing, band went down really well and they even played an encore, glad I made the effort to get out. Location: Burgess Hill Post by Greeny » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:57 am Low at St George's Church Brighton. Finally got to hear their sublime Christmas album played live, which was just wonderful. Really sent shivers down my neck and will live long in the memory. That was part one. Part two became a bit surreal as some crazy old fool - who was clearly a big fan of the band - got totally carried away, constantly getting out of his front row seat and dancing around in front of the band, who were not on a stage but at floor level. At first it was quite funny and Alan S took it in good stride, but that only encouraged him (as did the half-litre of vodka he had smuggled in, according to his shame-faced tweets the day after) and in the end security got involved. It made for a tense stand-off until the bloke finally went too far and decided to join the band on stage, at which point he was frogmarched off to jeers and catcalls. Had a nice journey home in a police car, according to his tweets! There's a time and a place for getting smashed out of your mind and making a spectacle of yourself. This wasn't it. Less drinky, more thinky. James T - I'm sure Alan will tell the tale well when you see him for your gig... Post by Laz69 » Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:27 pm Teenage Fanclub, Barras, Glasgow (last weekend) Superb show from the Fannies. Their recentl stuff hasn't set my world alight, but when they can make up a 23-song setlist of such wonderful, wonderful songs spanning their entire career and still have the audience begging for more, you can't fault them. Smailes throughout the band all night and some great singalongs by the audience, it was just one of those shows that yo uare really glad you went along to. Even some of the newer songs sounded a bit more "alive" when played live. A band that might drift in and out of my listening periodically, but one who i will ALWAYS go see live. It might be bleak up north, but TFC will always bring us sunshine whenever they play. Highlights: Aint That Enough, My Uptight Life and, of course, Everything Flows Post by runcible » Sat Dec 10, 2016 8:50 am Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats at Leeds Brudenell. I had heard some stuff by these guys previously but knew little about them.Part of me expected something quite punky but what we got was pretty classic heavy stoner rock. The stage was lit from the back so I still don't know what the band actually look like as at no point were the lights on them properly. The set was a heads down throbbing riff fest, lots of hair and guitar fuzz. I didn't know any of the songs but the audience sure did, singing along loudly and all doing the heavy rock bop - where everyone nods forward heavily on the beat. It was great to watch the entire crowd bopping as one. Great sound quality as ever in that place and a good atmosphere too. We took Dock Ellis star King Bunny of Bunny Racket with us and he had a great time, calling the evening 'comfort food' which made me smile. Great fun all round... Post by runcible » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:37 pm Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band, St George's Hall Concert Room, Liverpool. Our 3rd time seeing this man this year, but the first time I have ever seen him with a full band. At one point there were 15 people on stage - full band plus horn section, cello, backing singers. The venue was absolutely magnificent - rarely have I seen a show in a place as beautiful as that. Check it out. MHead.jpg (118.85 KiB) Viewed 11414 times Hard to see but myself and Mrs. Runcible are actually in this piccie! And to see one of the most amazing musicians there is play to a home crowd like that was a real privilege - it was packed and joyous in there. Much of his set was new material as he has an album out in 2017 - all good songs, but the highlights were his renditions of older Shack classics. The 3rd song was Stranger from the classic Waterpistol album. It was just extraordinary - and the only tune last night where I felt the overwhelming wave of emotion wash over me. Lump in the throat, eyes brimming over, I was transfixed... Beyond magnificent. Lots of other great moments - Mood of the Morning, Streets of Kenny, Cadiz, Mr Appointment... Curiously not a single song from the wonderful Strands album which was odd. But whatever... we had an absolutely fantastic evening. The encore was Newby Street - played twice in the set - and the whole crowd was on their feet dancing, singing, beaming their faces off. The atmosphere was superb in that place. Only my 2nd proper time in Liverpool and I have to say the city is fantastic - everyone we met was really friendly and we met a lot of great people. All finished off this morning with a gigantic full English at the fabulous Georgie Porgy cafe in the shadow of the Anfield stadium. Thumbs up all round... davedecay Contact davedecay Post by davedecay » Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:02 pm Peter Murphy "stripped" acoustic tour Mr. Murphy had laryngitis, so his voice was rough, but he ran through a nice set of solo works, some Bauhaus numbers, and a few covers (Bewlay Brothers, Severence). It was in a nice small theater, like an old movie house, and I was seated in the last row of the front section, about half-way back. Not our gig, but you can see the Bowie cover here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdfpqnCqCuo I think he cut a few off the setlist due to his voice, can't blame him. He soldiered through it and played about 75 minutes. First time I saw him live was almost 30 years ago, Feb 1987. Wow. Post by BROKENHEART » Thu Dec 15, 2016 5:31 pm Primal Scream : Portsmouth Pyramids Centre. This was probably the best up for it crowd gig this year for me. Starting off with a wonderful set from support band Bo Ningen. Lots of noise ,drone and feedback. Such a visual thing with them,always colourful and more hair flowing than you'll ever see anywhere. Primal Scream thinned down with no second guitarist. Bobby Gillespie working really hard to whip up the crowd, and succeeding with flying colours. Stand out songs were (feeling like a ) Demon again,Swastika Eyes, (I'm gonna) Cry myself blind,Come together and Country Girl. Money very well spent and a great end to 2016's gigs for me. Post by runcible » Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:05 pm Boris playing 'Pink' in full at Leeds Brudenell. Never seen these guys before but I expected exceptional heaviness - which is exactly what I got. Insanely heavy and very intense for pretty much the whole set, they produced one of the deepest, richest and all round gigantic guitar sounds I have ever witnessed. It was ridiculous. In all honesty I thought the slower doomy songs were a tad dull, but when they went for it - such as during the joined-up trio of Pink/Woman On The Screen/Nothing Special - they were excellent. There were a few moments like that in fact. I took my 2 eldest daughters who are into a lot of really noisy shit like Bring Me The Horizon and they really enjoyed it. Mrs. Runcible didn't care for it, but I rather expected that. A boisterous mosh pit opened up during 'Just Abandoned Myself' which kind of took a few folks by surprise. The Closing track of the set was 'Farewell' and - to my satisfaction - they totally nailed that planet-sized opening chord. As we left my eldest told me she has seen 'quite a lot of stuff much heavier than that'. Yikes - how much heavier does music get?! Last gig of the year and one of the noisiest. Roll on 2017. Post by angelsighs » Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:06 pm I'm jealous runcible- Pink is a great record.. yeah that opening chord of Farewell is pretty enormous only seem them once before and luckily they did play a good couple of songs from Pink. Post by Laz69 » Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:11 am Camera - The Castle, Manchester Disappointing to say the least. REALLY small room for the gig (sold out at 70 people) so the place was rammed and you could almost see the sweat running down the walls. Wasn't familiar with the support acts but the first one (Silver Vials i think) had a groovy Lumerians thing going on which was not bad. Second band (Primitive Knot) had a Sunn O))) thing going on which i didn't really take to but they had a couple of good songs, especially their last one which got into a really good groove and rather enjoyable. Camera came on and there was a weird vibe. I thought it was just tiredness on my part after a long day but i was just not feeling it. Drummer started having kit issues and things were stopping/starting a bit even though the guitarist and keyboard player were trying their very best to fill in the gaps and keep things going. The guitarist was trying to get an idea of what the problem was from him (everything sounds pretty OK from where we were - no noticable sound issues or anything) but the drummer started shouting/venting randomly in German (which we later found out was "Questions!! Questions!!!") and it all seemed to descend into chaos. They finished the set but i think we got maybe 3 songs if we were lucky while the rest was filler/ranting. No encore either. After the show we were standing around talking to various people and the drummer barged passed us a few times with flight cases and the like but he did not appear to be in a good mood so no idea what caused all that. Bad night? maybe... being a diva? more likely... I may have travelled down from Scotland to see them but i'm glad it was not the be-all-and-end-off our trip nor was it an overly expensive trip either. If i'd paid £20 a ticket on top of regular travel costs, then i think i would have been pretty pissed off. Anyways, was a good day out and got ahcnace to grab a blether with our Dave Caldwell and James Travis and a raft of other friends who were in attendance. Can't all be great gigs... Post by Aquarian-Time » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:16 am Yep good to catch up Laz. Yeah it was a weird show, very disjointed gig, considering this band supposedly were once the ultimate Guerilla band then the tiny issues he was having behind the kit, quite frankly, took the piss.The sound for such a small room was perfect to my ears He acted like an absolute baffoon and initially the guitarist was laughing along to try and keep the peace but after a while he just lost it with our drummer friend and it was tense on stage to say the least. I was gong to buy a poster but thought "sod that" after that debacle. I would probably avoid these in the future. Which itself speaks volumes. I was going to review this for the next Cardinal Fuzz Mag, but I can't even be arsed to give them any added publicity, either good or bad. Post by runcible » Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:58 am I've seen Camera twice and on both occasions Michael Drummer - his name in fact - looked edgy and uncomfortable. There were technical issues at both shows so that when they looked about to start they all left the stage for another delay. But when they did get going they were really fantastic. Sorry you guys got a messy show... flokie Post by flokie » Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:01 pm Calexico & Friends, Royal Concert Hall, part of Celtic Connections. I have a friend who quite likes to go to one or two Celtic Connections gig every year, and as I'm not a huge fan of the more traditional stuff, I suggested Calexico. I'm not overly familiar with their catalogue tbh, neither did I know any of their friends, so I really wasn't sure quite to expect (I think I'd seen them before once at a festival ca 98/99 and it was pleasant enough). And I thought nothing of the date of the gig until the day itself. But they had clearly done, and I have to say this gig was a wonderful pick me up following Trump's inauguration. A celebration of all music Pan-American, with an eclectic collection of guests. Some more upbeat (one guy from "Mexxrissey" who verged on silly rap), some more introspective stuff (Pieta Brown, Katell Keineg), and plenty of Mexican sounds! A really good night overall. Post by angelsighs » Thu Feb 02, 2017 1:15 pm First gig of the year last night. The Fall supported by Bo Ningen was a pretty strange night all in all. neither band are particularly 'normal' haha. There was a fair bit of hanging about beforehand. Bo Ningen didn't come on stage until gone 9 which is a bit weird, then The Fall came on at 10pm and barely did an hour. It didn't help that there was not enough bar staff on, and those that were seemed not to notice who had been at the bar the longest.. 20 mins to get a drink... so I was a bit grumpy but that's probably an apt mood for The Fall I think I actually preferred Bo Ningen overall. they were a nice bit of gonzo psych rock, some pretty heavy moments and throwing some rock shapes. The singer had this strange signing style that's almost rapping at times. The end of set blowout was great, lots of feedback and standing on top of amps. The Fall were kind of what I expected, from my limited experience of their music. repetitive, driving rhythms somewhere between punk rock and krautrock with Mark ranting incomprehensibly over the top. it was pretty tight and rocking but a bit samey really so the relatively short set length was probably apt. Mark E Smith is a hard nut to crack. what's going on in his head? he doesn't acknowledge the crowd whatsoever, was wondering off behind guitar amps and had a Korg keyboard off to one side that he occasionally twiddled on a bit.. there was no interaction with his bandmates either (who all look about 20 years younger than him). Post by flokie » Thu Feb 02, 2017 7:16 pm angelsighs wrote: I think I actually preferred Bo Ningen overall. they were a nice bit of gonzo psych rock, some pretty heavy moments and throwing some rock shapes. The singer had this strange signing style that's almost rapping at times. The end of set blowout was great, lots of feedback and standing on top of amps. I've seen them a couple of times, but it's been a few years now.They're fab live! I hope they do a headline tour soon. Post by olan » Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:49 pm angelsighs wrote: First gig of the year last night. The Fall supported by Bo Ningen Sounds like a very quiet night for The Fall. Nobody injured, sacked, electrocuted or savaged with a banana. Post by runcible » Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:25 pm Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band - Night and Day Cafe, Manchester Another instalment in my Micheal Head addiction and another superb evening, this time with a standard 3 piece - acoustic guitar, bass, drums, which I hadn't seen him do before. 2 new songs, the rest almost all Shack/Red Elastic Band material with a single tune from the Strands album. It was pretty packed out but the last 2 shows he did - this one and London a couple of weeks ago - both sold out in under a minute so hardly surprising. The usual big scouse contingent of folk I recognised from previous gigs, so lots of banter between Mick and the crowd with loads of people known to each other as well as Mick himself. Some of the stuff people shouted was hilarious and he had to try hard to stop the set becoming a requests night. It's hard to describe the atmosphere at these shows as the audience are so enraptured just with the very presence of Mick on stage. He gets a very friendly crowd every time. Loads of stuff from the magnificent Waterpistol LP plus more. I hadn't heard him play Byrds Turn To Stone before so that was a treat but it was the single Strands tune Something Like You that had me wiping away a tear and that familiar throat tightening wash of emotion hit me full on. Sadly the sound wasn't great so the vocals were slightly muffled at times and his guitar wasn't loud enough. But overall another triumph for the great man with many memorable moments. If he played a week's residency at the Brudenell I'd go every night... Post by Aquarian-Time » Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:11 pm Also at the Night n Day for Michael Head. Agree it was top show. The key with the sound in that venue is get close, otherwise it just becomes, as you rightly point, really muffled. I was 2 from the front and the sound was great for me. His voice has really improved with age, I saw Shack twice before and left both shows unimpressed. I consigned them to 'bands that are far better on record'. Anyhow a random opportunity to go to this landed at my feet on Saturday evening so thought I would give it a go, largely based upon Runcibles glowing reviews on this very thread. I was captivated from start to finish and child have easily listened to that for a further hour or so. Too many stand out's to mention but my highlight was 'Meant To Be' which was just spellbinding. Without a doubt I will be keeping an eye for further dates Aquarian-Time wrote: Also at the Night n Day for Michael Head. Should have dropped me a line Dave! Would have been nice to catch up mate! Yeah it was very last minute, my mate had a spare, so he gave me the heads up on Sat night, had stacks of domestic stuff to deal with so only agreed to attend at about 4pm Sunday, so very rushed on my part. Will hopefully catch up in due course I'm sure soon. That said glad I made the effort to go. Aquarian-Time wrote: my highlight was 'Meant To Be' which was just spellbinding. The crowd singing along to that is amazing, eh? Post by angelsighs » Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:16 pm I wish Michael Head would venture out more. apart from the odd London date he seems to totally stick to Liverpool (where the local following presumably guarantees a sell out) or sometimes Manchester. I guess the numbers just don't add up as he is very much a cult concern. olan wrote: Sounds like a very quiet night for The Fall. Nobody injured, sacked, electrocuted or savaged with a banana. yeah, I'd heard stories about Mark's antics and although he was inscrutable and a bit strange, there was no on stage violence at least! I am wondering if The Banana Incident is a true event or something you've just made up? Post by runcible » Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:48 pm angelsighs wrote: I wish Michael Head would venture out more. apart from the odd London date he seems to totally stick to Liverpool (where the local following presumably guarantees a sell out) or sometimes Manchester. I guess the numbers just don't add up as he is very much a cult concern. Curiously this Manchester gig and the recent London date sold out in under 60 seconds. We saw him last year in Liverpool and tickets took about half a day to sell out. Also seen him in Leeds, Hull and Hebden Bridge - again all sold out... He did mention a full tour when he was onstage on Sunday so fingers crossed! Post by angelsighs » Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:49 am ah I guess I'm talking rubbish- it seems he does play outside Liverpool a fair amount! hopefully a full tour will follow once they release an album. Post by niamhm » Wed Feb 08, 2017 4:44 pm angelsighs wrote: ah I guess I'm talking rubbish- it seems he does play outside Liverpool a fair amount! I saw him last Feb in Glasgow and very good it was too but I do take your point, he hasn`t been touring in the traditional sense and his gigs are more occasions, you might need to travel a bit if you really want to see him, Post by spacemanrich » Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:26 pm Bloody hell, at least I won't be going to the Midnight Oil show. Tix went on sale Friday and the show for Oakland SOLD-OUT in an hour or so. I didn't know about the tour. I didn't read about the tour until I saw the local rag promoting it. All North American shows are sold out. They added a 2nd night for N.Y. I hope they add on another show for Oakland, CA. http://www.midnightoil.com/tour-dates/#usa-canada Post by olan » Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:56 am We went to see Julian Cope a week or so ago at the Arts Club in Liverpool. This is a nice venue with decent sight lines and usually very good sound that I don't seem to go to very much. I think the last gig I saw there was The Men in 2015. Cope as usual was superb, playing a greatest hits set peppered with new tunes from the recent Drunken Songs CD. I'm always impressed by what a powerful and versatile voice Cope has. Effectively, the show was just Cope and his collection of acoustic guitars, although he did tape down a few keys on an ancient mellotron and strum an electric guitar for Culture Bunker. Cope is also genuinely very funny at times, his references to the Crucial Three were hilarious. The idea that he responded to Pete Wylie's love song 'Heart as Big as Liverpool' with a drinking song called 'Liver big as Hartlepool' was very amusing. The song itself is also beautifully crafted. I picked up the 'Drunken Songs' and 'Rite at Ya' CDs at the gig which are on regular rotation here. Great gig to attend sober too. Post by runcible » Fri Mar 03, 2017 7:14 am We saw Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation at the Brudenell last night, elevated from the games room to the main music room because of high ticket sales. I have to say this was way better than I expected. I had heard a bit of her music and one song in particular - Take Me Beyond - which she and the band played. It was a night of rhythms and fuzzy guitars, with a lot of quality motorik driving sounds, but all the rest was rich in power and texture. Josefin has quite a band behind her and they never let up, from the slow building opener to the somewhat intense closing encore. Great sound as ever and a fairly monstrous lead guitar noise to the left of the stage. The place was about 2/3 full which made it really comfortable to move around and there was a really terrific atmosphere in the place with everyone having a great time - lots of dancing, bobbing about and everyone around me was lit up with energy. Well worth the punt we took, but I'm a sucker for rhythms like that if they're good. Post by johnnyboy » Fri Mar 03, 2017 9:37 am runcible wrote: We saw Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation at the Brudenell last night, elevated from the games room to the main music room because of high ticket sales. Excellent Mark. We're off to see them tomorrow at the Moth Club in London, sounds really good from that review. It's a sold out show in a tight venue with a low stage so hoping to get there early to bag a space at the front or else there'll not be much to see if further back. Did Cherrystones support? I know he's a crate digging DJ so guess he was just playing tunes. Looking forward to a good evening of grooving. Post by BROKENHEART » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:14 am Sounds like a great evening , which is made so much better when you have some room to move. This bodes well for my trip to Brighton on Sunday. Thought they were really good at LPF last year . Roll on Sunday. Post by angelsighs » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:14 pm went to see Novella last Monday in Coventry. this is a gig that I expected to be mediocre at best, but they far exceeded my expectations. they were really good. nothing original or mindblowing, but just very solid and a great night out for a fiver. there's definitely a krautrock feel- shades of Stereolab with soft cooing vocals over the top of motorik rhythms, some dream poppy bits too. reminded me a little of the much missed Electrelane in parts. they just seemed so confident, with every note in the right place. it helped that the sound quality was spot on too. I love how these simple building rhythms can be so effective. in one song they did a sort of gear change which was note perfect and a really great moment. Post by BROKENHEART » Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:41 pm Josefin Ohrn and the Liberation } The Haunt Brighton Was really looking forward to this, but I didn't enjoy the gig as much as their appearance at last years LPF . The venue was heaving and although I was up front to start with the sound and atmosphere was not there for me . Probably the occasion at last years LPF influenced my experience but , would still keep my eyes open for these guys. Post by johnnyboy » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:43 am Saw Josefin Ohrn at the Moth Club in London Saturday night and had a great time. More of a Runcible experience than a Brokenheart experience. They hit a very sweet groove, really powerful and transportive at times (is that a word, transportive??). Bagged a spot at the very front so had a head to toe clear view and a guitar neck swing close up to our faces a couple of times. Josefin herself is a very beautiful lady, great presence, smiling a lot and seemed to be really enjoying the show and reception. Only downsides were them being 20 mins late on stage due to train delays or something, not sure whether that cut the set short by a bit, plus the guitarist had a tech issue right at the beginning. Also an older couple stood stock still next to us, gradually shifting over, encrouching more and more into our space until the much taller guy was stood in front of my girlfriend, blocking her view. No need to do it as there was room to their other side, weirdoes, I hate people like that at gigs. Apart from that a pretty stunning evening. Bought a copy of Mirage afterwards which Josefin signed for me, had a brief chat, very nice. Found out when home that the vinyl had a scratch on both sides so messaged her on Facebook and she's happy to meet up in London to switch it over should Rocket not be able to help me out. What a lady! Post by flokie » Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:48 pm Six By Seven at the Maze in Nottingham. This was the big original line up reformation for a few dates only gig. 200 tickets were available through Kickstarter, and I didn't really think twice! Nice wee venue, just outside of the city centre, the sound was good and loud, and the place was packed but not uncomfortably so. They played two sets, the first mostly drawing from The Things We make plus the two singles from The Way I Feel Today, rounded off with b-sides Get A Real Tattoo and Always Waiting For. Maybe took 2-3 songs to really get going, not the best 'European Me' I've heard, but they were well into their stride afterwards. Then after a break we were treated to The Closer You Get in full. Only regret was I was still at the bar for the start and Eat Junk Become Junk and Sawn Off Metallica TShirt rather than at the front and dancing! I made up for that during Don't Wanna Stop and Slab Square, and My Life is an Accident, Another Love Song and Overnight Success were all incredible too. The venue was open till 2 so I hung about for a bit afterwards, and had a chat with some of the guys. I was glad to hear that Chris D's band Spotlight Kid is still going on albeit as more of a scattered Spotlight Kid Collective nowadays. So a really fab night overall, well glad I made the effort. They're playing another gig in London next Sat. It won't be two sets, and I'm not going to that, but I'd heartily recommend it to anyone who can make it. Post by flokie » Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:15 pm Grails at Glasgow Stereo. I wasn't quite sure what to expect as it had been 7 years since they last played here and the latest album is more synth-driven. But it was definitely no softcore porn soundtrack evening, and in fact probably more from Deep Politics than Chalice Hymnal. Heavy, dynamic, transporting, and intense, really great gig. Two small negatives: no setlist at all to collect (they'd certainly put effort in last time round! I was hoping to start a collection there ). And maybe a tad short for a band that doesn't tour very often, around the 1hr10min mark. I'm on holidays this week, and might have been tempted to travel down to Manchester to catch them one more time, but too much effort for a not very long gig (+fed up with trains). Post by Greeny » Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:42 am flokie wrote: Six By Seven at the Maze in Nottingham. I went on Saturday - it was excellent. Chris Olley will never be the world's most natural frontman (some of the between song 'banter' was painful!) but this original line-up certainly knows how to rock. I think they were pleased they got a decent crowd and gave it their all. I was there mainly to accompany my mate, who is a massive fan, but I have to say I had a great time! Post by BROKENHEART » Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:28 pm Cat Power at Concorde 2, Brighton. I'm a sucker for Chans songs and beautiful vocals, and would probably go to see her each time she visits the country. Some old songs, some covers and some crazy chat, but the voice gets me every time. Her live shows can be pretty erratic at times with her issues of stage fright which has diminished over the years since quitting alcohol. A wonderful evening of Cat Power on guitar and piano. Post by Aquarian-Time » Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:04 pm Moon Duo @ Band On The Wall Really enjoyed this set, after the more jaunty albums of Mazes and Circles, the last 2 have been darker and more drone based and with the drummer in tow, it really is a great 1 hr 15 mins set, attacking the senses and the visuals are also impressive. set drawn from last 2 albums mainly, new songs in encore called Sevens (I think) and rollicking version of No Fun by the Stooges. BOW was sold out and packed to the rafters, sound was superb and the band clearly enjoyed themselves. If you get chance to see them or have missed them recently, would reccomend seeing them for sure, Post by angelsighs » Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:12 pm I forgot to post about the Peter Hook & The Light gig I went to a couple of weeks back. it didn't leave much impression on me, is probably the reason why. you can't argue with the setlist (it was both Substance albums played, so it was hit after hit) and it was all very solid and tight, but it just left me cold. don't think I'll be seeing Hooky again. Post by sunray » Sun Mar 26, 2017 5:20 pm Three gigs this week: Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Ride and JAMC/Ride/Warpaint/Sleaford Mods. I'll just concentrate on the latter as i'm a lazy bugger. First off, loved the Barrowlands, a venue that appears to do volume and clarity. Ride were louder than they were in Dublin and were all the better for it. Four new tunes in a 90 minute set in Dublin, three in an hour here. Thought new material came across better live than the studio versions. Sleaford Mods did their thing, you either like 'em or you don't there's no real middle ground with them. I like them but a 5.30 start was a bit mental. Warpaint better than the last time I saw them but I really wasn't paying that much attention. Mary Chain were superb. Loved that they started and ended the set with new material, also loved that the four or five new tunes all slotted into the set with ease. They really are on it at the moment. Delighted to be seeing them in a smaller venue in Dublin in two weeks time. Hopefully they will be as loud. Minor quibble was both Andy Bell and Jim Reid apologising on one occasion each for playing a new song. Never apologise. We all know you're touring new records so we expect to hear new material. Also, great to bump into niamhm again for a quick chat between Ride and JAMC. Post by olan » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:12 pm Slowdive last night at the Liverpool Arts Club., which is a venue I quite like (except for the two doric columns holding up the roof and blocking the sightlines). The in-house PA and lighting rig are top class so there is no real excuse for a gig to sound poor, unless your sound engineer has cloth ears. To my taste the rhythm section was far too prominent in the mix with the effect that I had trouble distinguishing between tunes at times. For example I didn't recognise Avalyn, the first tune of the night as the guitars were so low in the mix. On the up side, I heartily approve of circular descending basslines and the kind of drum patterns that Slowdive use, so it wasn't all bad. The set closer 'Golden Hair' was worth the price of the ticket alone. On to the gig, which I really enjoyed. The choice of tracks was unsurprising, it is largely the set from last year with a couple of new tunes in the main set. The three-song encore contained a new song which to my ears was the weakest of the new material. All-in-all an excellent night out, improved by the attendance of my Mrs for her first gig of the year, Dave Aquarian Time of this parish and Gaz. The pre-gig Thai was superb. There was little merchandise, other than tot-bags and tee-shirts which I avoided. I'm certainly looking forward to the new record. The band are streaming tonight's show from The Garage in London (via Facebook I think). Post by angelsighs » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:34 pm olan wrote: For example I didn't recognise Avalyn, the first tune of the night as the guitars were so low in the mix. On the up side, I heartily approve of circular descending basslines and the kind of drum patterns that Slowdive use, so it wasn't all bad. The set closer 'Golden Hair' was worth the price of the ticket alone. I'm really glad you enjoyed the gig Olan. wish i could have made it. your issues there with sound quality distinctly reminded me of when I saw The Verve on the reunion tour (what.. 10 years ago? arggh I'm getting old). they played well but for whatever reason, Nick's guitar wasn't roaring like it should, but instead weirdly quiet in the mix. I saw them two nights in a row, and had high hopes that on the second night, this issue would be sorted. but instead it was just the same. I therefore made a decision to just concentrate on enjoying the superb playing of the rhythm section, in a rare situation where you could really hear everything they were doing! above a certain level (or in certain venues) there's really no excuse for a bad sound mix, is there? but I guess it's not an exact science. Post by niamhm » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:27 pm Sleaford Mods/ Warpaint/ Ride/JAMC as part of 6Music Festival weekend at Glasgow Barrowlands, Strange one this, my first gig of the yr and the sun was actually shining brightly still when we arrived for a ridiculously early 5.00 kick off, I suppose it added to festival vibe, Sleaford Mods were pretty good I thought, plenty energy and pretty funny with it, my mate who`d never come across them before wasn`t so amused and reckoned they were the worst band he`d ever saw!! Warpaint I gave a miss as I tried to negotiate drinks fiasco situation, 3 bars in venue, we`ll open 1 at 5.00 and the other 2 at 7.30, Hello!! It`s Glasgow on a Friday night wtf are you thinking about?? This lead to enormous queue`s, not sure who`s doing this was but I suspect 6Music`s hand was in it, also noticed Barrowlands usual speaker stack`s had been removed and two large psychedelic trees had taken their place, don`t know what the BBC brought with them but the sound was good, really good, Ride were excellent, better than the last time they were here, 2015 I think, a few mistakes that night, signs of rustiness maybe but none of that tonight. Charm Assault one of a handful of new tracks being an early standout, then a run through the hits, exclusively from the 1st two albums I think, Like A Day Dream, Seagull, Vapour Trail and Leave Them All Behind all impressing. Think I`ve already said JAMC are killing it a few times recntly so not too much to add to that, the new ones sounded great and clicked into the set effortlessly, War On Peace, the last track especially good. Not sure if the corporate hand of the BBC had anything to do with this but no merch for any band at all, weird. Good to catch a quick word with Sunray as well, all things considered a very good night, Post by angelsighs » Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:46 pm Russian Circles last Saturday in Birmingham. good night not even ruined by the fact it took 20 mins to get a drink (why oh why put only one guy on the bar?) Cloakroom were the support act and I rather enjoyed them. in the same vein as the headliner- perhaps a shade more stoner rock than post rock but a good mix of heaviosity and ambience. it's a bit strange when an act have a 'mini-me' band support them, but they warmed me up nicely. Russian Circles were really tight and loud and put on a great show. would definitely see again. The drummer in particular was very impressive- doing some massive Bonham-esque grooves driving everything along and sounding fantastic. in fact the whole sound engineering and light show (band often lit from behind almost as silhouettes) were both spot on and very key to the show being as effective as it was. Being an instrumental band hardly dripping with charisma, these elements are definitely important. 'heavy' music does seem to do well in Birmingham and as expected there was good turnout of black clothes and beards. it was really good just how heavy Russian Circles can get- when the real grinding bits kicked in, could see everyone around headbanging. I really like what the guitarist does with loop pedals. As a pedal geek it was really great seeing him do his stuff and layer it all up. often a nice arpeggio would build up into a intense riff then some big swooping notes over the top of that. The fact he can produce varied sounds and textures really added to it and kept it interesting. Without getting too pretentious, I find something futuristic about this bands music- there's something about the textures and ambience in there and the machine like sounds. They could easily soundtrack a sci-fi movie. You could still accuse them of being a one trick pony. I would say that less is more with bands of this type- I wouldn't say I was getting bored of the set by the end. but I wouldn't have wanted it to go on much longer. scoz Post by scoz » Sat Apr 01, 2017 3:01 am olan wrote: Slowdive last night at the Liverpool Arts Club., which is a venue I quite like (except for the two doric columns holding up the roof and blocking the sightlines). The in-house PA and lighting rig are top class so there is no real excuse for a gig to sound poor, unless your sound engineer has cloth ears. To my taste the rhythm section was far too prominent in the mix with the effect that I had trouble distinguishing between tunes at times. For example I didn't recognise Avalyn, the first tune of the night as the guitars were so low in the mix. On the up side, I heartily approve of circular descending basslines and the kind of drum patterns that Slowdive use, so it wasn't all bad. The set closer 'Golden Hair' was worth the price of the ticket alone.. Where were you stood? I tried initially behind the sound desk and it was pretty muddy there so I moved around a bit still on the "upper" level but out from that low roof bit and it sounded reasonable there. Thinking about it though there was quite a difference between the live drums and the drum track from "Star Roving" which I guess was mostly drum machine/pre-recorded, certainly there was a difference in volume. Agreed on Golden Hair. They could do with making it longer (grow it?)., the recorded version is disappointingly short too Post by olan » Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:56 am We stood on the floor stage right near the bar, (about as far from Neil as possible for want of a better description ). I'm not saying the sound was bad, just that the guitars weren't loud enough. The feedback solo in 'Catch the Breeze' should soar over the rest of the music. It was too faint at Liverpool. Post by James T » Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:51 pm Saw the JAMC in Birmingham last night and they were superb! No false starts or anything like that, just hit after hit and the new songs sounded incredible too with the extra volume (the album isn't quite noisy enough for me?). Amazing setlist, great sound and the institute is a nice little venue I reckon. Best I've seen them, would love to make more shows on this tour! Post by BROKENHEART » Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:33 am Moonlandingz at The Wedgewood rooms Portsmouth. Loved this lot at LPF last year, being a big fan of The Fat White Family, but I think The Moonlandingz are a step up on the surreal ladder. From the moment Lias Saoudi walked onstage with a plastic cup taped to the top of his head ! There is everything in their live performance, rock, psych, sleaze, disco , right down to the new moody single "The Strangle of Anna". Anarchic right through the set with an up for it crowd. A great evening, with support from the cool looking GoatGirl with fine guitars and vocals. Post by BROKENHEART » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:18 am Moon Duo at The Haunt Brighton. Wow ! what a fantastic night. I managed to get up the front for this one, which obviously makes all the difference to the atmosphere, but they were just brilliant. The sound is so hypnotic and the light show gets better each time I've seen them. It will take a very good gig to beat this one this year for me. Steve Gunn at Leeds Holy Trinity Church. A fairly unusual setting for a gig, but this was just Steve on acoustic so it worked. You could have heard a pin drop during his set as the audience sat in resolute and respectful silence, and cheered loudly after each song. Lots of stuff I knew from the last LP and Way Out Weather which was good. It was pretty atmospheric and we enjoyed it. To be honest it takes a lot for one man and an acoustic guitar to captivate me so my interest wandered a little by the end. Whatever, Steve is a superb guitarist and it was a decent night. Moon Duo at the Brudenell in Leeds. Everything BROKENHEART said. They were magnificent. I was looking forward to it but they way exceeded my expectations. From the off they launched into a blistering, pulsating, driving, hypnotic drone that managed to bop along and keep the entire crowd mesmerised from start to finish. Insanely psychedelic with Ripley's guitar cutting through the bouncing fuzz. The light show was something else - it's been a long time since I've seen one as good as that. Every song had its own set of patterns and projections. Some were very intense, but so was a lot of the music. White Rose, from the new album and probably the 3rd tune in, was spectacular - the sound kept altering subtly so the shape was continually evolving and the textures shifted all over the place. The whole place - pretty much rammed - was bouncing with people hugging each other all over in joyous abandon as the vibe spread out. As the man said - that's going to be a hard one to top this year. Hats off all round. Post by Hedspace » Sat Apr 08, 2017 11:42 am runcible wrote: Moon Duo at the Brudenell in Leeds. mazin night and the second or third song in was something else! Nice new tees on the merch stand, cant see em online so Im sick I didnt nab one. Post by angelsighs » Sat Apr 08, 2017 1:19 pm I also went to see Moon Duo at the Haunt in Brighton the other night with Shinesalight from this parish. can't add much to the thoughts above- they got every aspect of the show spot on and are just really good at what they do now. the sound was loud, pummelling and droney, it really had an umph to it. the light show was tremendous too, it really added to it and was perfectly in tune with the music. get beams of light and strobes blasting out and lots of trippy shapes. great night! runcible wrote: Steve Gunn at Leeds Holy Trinity Church. I'm a really big Steve Gunn fan and I know what you mean. the one man and his guitar set up is going to have limitations however talented that person is. unfortunately not made to a gig on this tour but saw him with a full band touring the previous album and it was excellent. Post by flokie » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:44 pm I can only add to the glowing Moon Duo reviews - great to hear a lot of the new record, and White Rose was indeed phenomenal, and got the biggest cheer of the night. I've seen them a few times by now, so starting to know what to expect, and every time they still surprise me by how good they are. My 6music festival gig was Honeyblood and Grandaddy - I had no gig buddy that night, I hate the Academy and the Grandaddy set felt short and faced between a choice between waiting 45mins to see the Shins (all I know about them is I must've heard them countless times on 6 music, and they never grabbed my attention!), or 15 mins to get home, I chose the latter. I'd seen Honeyblood once before, again opening one of the larger venues for a festival, and they're so much improved nowadays. Last year's album has some cracking tunes, and unlike 3-4 years ago when they were pished and giggling and apologetic, they mean business nowadays! Really good set. Some mixed feelings about Grandaddy - after getting super excited as the new songs came out, and really liking the album on first listen, I've become a bit bored with it. It's just super safe. And that hit me shortly before the gig! And that too felt a bit safe - obviously not helped by the fact they weren't headlining and only had 60 mins to play. I still loved a lot of it (Hewlett's Daughter, Laughing Stock at the start, Lost on your Merry Way), but a bit of magic was lacking! And yes, He's Simple... is a great song, but don't finish a Sat. night gig in Glasgow with a slow 8-10 mins song!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4477
__label__wiki	0.569858	0.569858	Another Wave of Casinos Apply to Join New Jersey Sports Betting Picture by Brett Smiley Wary of getting stuck on the sidelines for football season’s kickoff, five new applications arrived on Monday for a New Jersey sports betting license. According to the Associated Press, the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) received two applications for brick-and-mortar licenses and three for mobile sports wagering before a Monday deadline. DGE Director David Rebuck previously announced a deadline in connection with football season to allow state regulators enough time to evaluate applications. While the DGE did not identify the applicants, CDC Gaming Reports has learned that the applications came from Caesars Entertainment — to offer retail wagering at Harrah’s and Bally’s in Atlantic City. In addition, Ceasars applied for licensed to offer mobile sports wagering at all three of its Atlantic City properties, the other being Caesars Atlantic City, which would be “serviced” by the adjacent Bally’s. The other identified applicant is Golden Nugget, which applied for both retail and mobile wagering. New Jersey Sports Betting Scene Set to Add Ceasars Entertainment Properties, Golden Nugget Atlantic City, All Looking to Get Up and Running Before Football Season The remaining applicants likely came from a pool of Hard Rock Atlantic City (seeking to partner in some way with bet365), Tropicana, Resorts Casino or perhaps Freehold Raceway in Freehold (Update: Resorts Casino was among this crop of applicants.) “I fully expect that by Aug. 1 we will see additional properties up and running,” Rebuck said. The application fee for the sports wagering certificate is $100,000 and there’s a five-digit difference in tax rate on sports wagering revenue: revenue derived from in-person wagering is taxed by the state at 8.5 percent while mobile wagering faces a 13 percent tax. We know a bit about the Golden Nugget’s sports betting plans. Shortly before the Supreme Court struck down the federal law allowing this sports betting land rush, Churchill Downs Incorporated and Golden Nugget Atlantic City announced a partnership to offer sports betting and online gaming markets. Potential licensees yet to apply will not entirely miss the boat for the college football and NFL seasons: the DGE will just not make any promise to give a rubber stamp before kickoff or any week in particular. So far in NJ sports betting, Monmouth Park and Ocean Resort Casino have sportsbooks up and running with operations managed by William Hill; also the Borgata, owned and operated by MGM, went live on June 14 like Monmouth Park. And this past Saturday, Meadowlands Racetrack in northern New Jersey cut a ribbon, introducing the first FanDuel Sportsbook. [Also See: Odds Shift in Race for Operator Dominance in Legal U.S. Sports Betting Market] Revenue for operators and the state so far has been pretty good. Through just 17 days of operations in June Monmouth and Borgata plus three days at Ocean, the total handle registered $16.4 million with a $3.5M win by the books (on a cash basis that counts futures wagers as revenue at the time of the wager), with $293,000 revenue yielded by the state. The FanDuel Sportsbook at Meadowlands, pricing controversy aside at its debut, saw over $1 million in wagers in its first weekend. So far no facility has rolled out mobile wagering, but that is expected to happen in the coming days. Brett Smiley is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Sports Handle, which joined forces with the US Bets team in November 2018. He focuses on the sports betting industry and legislation. He's an avid sports bettor himself, mainly on NFL and college basketball contests. In a past life, Smiley practiced commercial litigation in New York City and previously wrote for FOX Sports and SI.com. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Michele, son Nolan, and their two English bulldogs, Chief and Boomer. Sports Bettors Of Different Stripes: John, A New York Lawyer	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4478
__label__cc	0.519229	0.480771	Continuity of Operations Continuous Risk Management Sole-Source Contracting Download PDF Back To All Services Alaska Native Corporations (ANC) have been granted special contracting opportunities under the FAR for government contracts in general and for DOD contracts in particular. These include unique 8(a) rights, expedited A-76 authority, and bonuses for DOD contractors that subcontract with ANCs. However, to fully put these rights to work in order to aggressively attack the extreme poverty that exists in Alaska Native Villages, ANC-owned firms often need mentoring from large established government contracting firms that can help guide them through the intricacies of DOD contracting and provide technical support while the firms are building their in-house capability. Working with tribal and ANC firms to put these unique rights to work provides the DOD contractor with an opportunity to help reduce some of the worst poverty in this country, to meet is SDB goals, to make money, and help further legislative initiatives. Revised Section 811 of the FY2010 NDAA states: The ‘head of agency’ thresholds for native 8(a) contracts from $22-93 million is no longer at the head of agency level; it is now at a lower level of approval (below head of agency) The aforementioned approval threshold should NOT be seen as a barrier to awarding these contracts There should be an effort to streamline each service’s approval processes Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) may be awarded sole-source contracts of any size. They are exempt from the 8(a)sole-source thresholds of $4 million for service contracts, and $6.5 million for manufacturing contracts (FAR 19.805-1) ANC sole-source awards cannot be protested [CFR 124.517 (a)] The ‘Head of Agency’ thresholds for native 8(a) contracts from $22-93 million is no longer at the head of agency level and can be delegated to a lower level within the agency The approval threshold should NOT be seen as a barrier to awarding these contracts ANCs may own multiple 8(a) companies [13 CFR 124.109 (c)(2)(iii)] Small Business Administration defines all Alaska Native Corporations as Indian Tribes for purposes of eligibility for special programs (13 CFR 124) “Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in performing contracts awarded by Federal agencies.” (FAR 26.102) As an Alaska Native Corporation, we can receive non-protestable sole-source awards in all NAICS codes. Sugpiat Defense A Subsidiary of Akhiok-Kaguyak, Inc. An Alaska Native Corporation, Small Disadvantaged Business Email address: info@sugpiatdefense.com Primary NAICS Code: 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services Secondary NAICS Codes: 236220, 334111, 334310, 519190, 541330, 541511, 541512, 541519, 541611, 541690, 561110, 561612, 611430 CAGE CODE & DUNS: Alaska CAGE Code: 85YN7 Virginia CAGE Code: 86DB5 Alaska DUNS No.: 081360871 Virginia DUNS No.: 080204999 Sugpiat Defense, LLC employs highly-talented employees who are creative and embrace advances in technology. We are friendly and generous to our employees, responsive to our clients, innovative in our services, and committed to quality. ©2019 Sugpiat Group. All Rights Reserved. \| Privacy Policy.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4480
__label__wiki	0.657476	0.657476	Arabic Bible Divinity of Christ The Nature of Christ The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt Saint Mark the Evengelist Brief history of the Coptic Church Feasts and Events Other Christian Denominations Comparative Theology Coptic Orthodox Websites Directory English Bible Old Testament Maps New Testament Maps Other Bible maps images Holy Bible Gallery God's Book Index: Coptic books in English Christian Arabic books Pope Shenouda III English Books Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Agbeya: the Coptic Book of Prayers Jesus Christ Images Saint Mary Images Angels Images Saints Images Coptic Clergy Images Holy Bible Images Spiritual Songs Coptic Hymns Holy Liturgies Ar. Sermons Audio Agbeya .midi files Hymns music Coptic Fonts .ico files Who is Saint Takla Haymanout the Ethiopian? More info and contacts Contact us through Facebook Messenger Background color (to be saved) Smaller font size Show/Hide Images and Tables St-Takla.org > bible > dictionary > en > f Contact St-Takla.org website You can contact us through this form, or directly through mobile/WhatsApp: 002 01287627004 (Michael Ghaly). Send your message → Thank you. Your message was sent successfully! Sorry, there was an error sending your form. English Bible Dictionary The law ordered in general that the first of all ripe fruits and of liquors, or, as it is twice expressed, the first of first-fruits, should be offered in God's house. (Exodus 22:29; 23:19; 34:27) It was an act of allegiance to God as the giver of all. No exact quantity was commanded, but it was left to the spiritual and moral sense of each individual. On the morrow after the Passover sabbath, i.e. on the 16th of Nisan, a sheaf of new corn was to be brought to the priest and waved before the altar, in acknowledgment of the gift of fruitfulness. (Leviticus 2:12; 23:5,6,10,12) At the expiration of seven weeks from this time, i.e. at the feast of pentecost, an oblation was to be made from the new flour, which were to be waved in like manner with the Passover sheaf. (Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 23:15,17; Numbers 28:26) The feast of ingathering, i.e. the feast of tabernacles, in the seventh month, was itself an acknowledgment of the fruits of the harvest. (Exodus 23:16; 34:22; Leviticus 23:39) These four sorts of offerings were national. Besides them, the two following were of an individual kind. A cake of the first dough that was baked was to be offered as a heave-offering. (Numbers 15:19,21) The first-fruits of the land were to be brought in a basket to the holy place of God's choice, and there presented to the priest, who was to set the basket down before the altar. (26:2-11) The offerings were the perquisite of the priests. (Numbers 18:11; 18:4) Nehemiah, at the return from captivity, took pains to reorganize the offerings of first-fruits of both kinds, and to appoint places to receive them. (Nehemiah 10:35,37; 12:44) An offering of first-fruits is mentioned as an acceptable one to the prophet Elisha. (2 Kings 4:42) Main reference: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1860s) Arabic Bible Search Arabic Bible Dictionary (قاموس الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية) Bible Gallery and Bible Illustrations (thousands of images) © st-takla.org : Saint Takla Haymanout Website: General Portal for the Coptic Orthodox Church Faith, Egypt / Contact us at: Bible \| Daily Readings \| Agbeya \| Books \| Lyrics \| Gallery \| Media \| Links \| Contact us https://st-takla.org/bible/dictionary/en/f/firstfruits.html	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4487
__label__wiki	0.562997	0.562997	Smart sensing network to probe pollution, human health, wildlife Improving the world one wavelength at a time Sound Killed Hard Drive Hazed and confused - what gas tells us about galactic evolution Chemists tie the smallest ever knot Indigenous Mythematics – Aboriginal People Don’t Count? Liza Lim joins the University of Sydney to nurture women composers Silver and bronze for school students in international space race Swarm relations Elite scholarships help alumni thrive Explainer: how does the Aboriginal numeric system work? Home / News & opinion / News / Indigenous Mythematics – Aboriginal People Don’t Count? 2019: all news News_ The Aboriginal numeric system is different but it exists When it comes to prejudices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, mathematics is no exception. Indigenous knowledge keeper Shannon Foster looks into the myths and misunderstandings about how people count. Watching my father’s beautiful, dark hands work, I know that the image of his hands will stay with me forever. Strong, unique, clever, inventive, creative and caring. I will always remember what they look like painting, holding my hand, explaining a complex idea or even just counting on his fingers. Such a simple act. He would tap each finger with his index finger. In a way only he could and that was inexplicably different to other people doing the same motions. In some way counting on our fingers is the basis of mathematical expressions. It is the beginning of explaining the foundations of some of humanity’s most complex theories and ideas. Most of us would be lying if we said we didn’t still count on our fingers long after it was considered developmentally acceptable. Many of us, including myself do it to this day. When exploring our Indigenous knowledges there are a plethora of myths to wade through from the ridiculous to the downright racist. No subject matter is off the table and even mathematics is no exception. The overruling myth associated with Aboriginal people counting seems to be that we can’t or don’t count beyond four or five. Basically it is one, two, three, many and that is it. One of the problems here is the fact that it was often linguists who collected most of the data and research on Aboriginal notions of numeracy and of course they came up against a cultural brick wall when trying to understand Aboriginal people’s expression of numbers. You see, in many cases Aboriginal people use body-tallying to count. Counting on your fingers is the most basic form of body-tallying but the next step along is pointing to different parts of the body to refer to different quantities. When exploring our Indigenous knowledges there are a plethora of myths to wade through from the ridiculous to the downright racist. When studying the counting systems of the Wurunjjeri people of Victoria, Australian anthropologist Alfred Howitt found that the system of counting on your fingers up to five was then continued on up the arm. The numbers took on the often metaphoric names of the body parts for example: Number 7 is expressed by pointing to your forearm and given the name boibŭn meaning a small swelling like that of your forearm; number 8 is bud-darti meaning hollow like that of the inside of your elbow joint and number 9 is gengen dartchuk - the upper arm which takes its name from a strip of possum skin which is worn on the upper arm. Clever, hey? Another conflict that arose from the research of Aboriginal methods of counting was that many Aboriginal people use English words and notions to describe numbers. The research of Dr Claire Bowen has revealed that the words for numbers above five are often derived from English or based on the actual shapes of the Arabic numerals. In the case of the Warlpiri people of the Western Desert region for example the number 7 is described as wirlki which is a boomerang with arms of uneven length, often called a "number 7 boomerang"; number 8 is the word milpa meaning "eyes" and the number 9 is ingeniously called kartaku meaning cup or billycan which refers to the fact that the shape of the number mirrors the shape of the cup plus its handle when viewed from above. What also needs to be acknowledged and taken away from this is the intrinsic differences between Indigenous and western numeracy constructs. Indigenous mathematics sees everything holistically, integrated and connected while western mathematics teaching is a process of sequential learning, abstraction and categorisation. There is indeed a cultural bias in mathematics and its teaching. Thus, I would urge you to look into some of the ground breaking knowledges coming from current research into Indigenous pedagodgies including the work of Dr Chis Matthews; Yumi Deadly Maths and the 8 Ways Wikispace site. In the meantime, I will make the most of watching my father’s hands while I still have them here to hold. Not as young and nimble as I remember them as a child but just as clever and ingenious - solving problems, fixing things and teaching adoring grandkids how to count. Get the latest in science news and events Join Science Alliance Wingara Mura-Bunga Barrabugu strategy In today's world we rely on data storage more than ever. Dr Karl reveals the amazing engineering beneath the surface of modern hard drives and why data centres are going to extraordinary lengths to keep quiet in an emergency. Thanks to new technologies developed at the University of Sydney we might be on the verge of a breakthrough in understanding how the universe evolved, PhD student and science communicator Jess Bloom writes. Dr Alice Williamson from the School of Chemistry looks at a recent breakthrough where scientists have used strings of molecules to form a chemical knot two hundred thousand times thinner than a human hair.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4496
__label__cc	0.602069	0.397931	Scaled Biolabs Team: http://www.scaledbiolabs.com/ Home » Entrepreneurship » Accelerators and incubators » IndieBio SF Reveals Its Fourth Class of Start-Ups Accelerators and incubatorsEntrepreneurship IndieBio SF Reveals Its Fourth Class of Start-Ups Emilia Díaz On February 9th, IndieBio will be presenting their newest class in a Demo Day at Herbst Theater in San Francisco. Here’s a sneak peek of what the Class of 2016-2017 of the world’s leading accelerator in synthetic biology and biotechnology has in store: A2A Pharmaceuticals A2A focuses on novel drugs for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, cancer and tuberculosis. The key? Computationally pre-optimized small molecule therapeutics. “A2A Pharmaceuticals was conceived to dramatically speed up and lower the cost of new drug development for cancer and drug resistant bacterial infections” says CEO Edward Painter. “Our success will pave the way to introduction of safer and more effective treatments for the patients who need them.” A2A’s computational design platform, SCULPT™ (an acronym for Systematic Combinatorial Unification of fragments into Libraries against a Pharmacological Target) integrates experimentally determined target characteristics into the construction of candidates. For oncology, the platform enables the design of ligands for protein-protein interaction inhibitors, key for a wide range of cancer types. For antibiotics, the platform was modified in order to yield candidates with “antibiotic-like” properties, which were selected based on their broad spectrum applicability to gram-negative bacteria. And the company is already thinking further, even working on an undisclosed Leukemia target. Painter is set on driving pharma forward from all sides: “Application of our proprietary fragment-based computational process to other therapeutic areas like rare diseases could have a very important effect on new drug development across the pharmaceutical industry.” Catalog Technologies Biological-based information storage. That is Catalog Technologies’ impressive promise: the company aims to encode full data centers into the palm of your hand, moving from digitized to “biologicalized” information. The jump from transistor to nucleic acid not only makes information storage smaller, but also longer lasting and even greener. Hyunjun Park, Catalog’s CEO, says this next step of data evolution might just be what saves us from the impending datapocalypse: “DNA is extremely long-lasting. This means that once we encode information into DNA for archival purposes, we do not have to worry about copying it over to fresh hard drives or magnetic tapes every so often to make sure the data is retained. Also, it is incredibly information-dense meaning we won’t need to build huge power-hungry facilities to store immense amounts of data. This translates to a much smaller environmental footprint than conventional methods.” The bio-punk future this technology envisions has not been the easiest story to tell. Says Park: “When we tell people that we store digital information in DNA molecules, we often get an uneasy, “Whose DNA are you using?” back. I think this illustrates a need for greater public outreach surrounding biotechnology in general, as well as one for efforts to address the underlying fear associated with synthetic biology. For the record, we use synthetic DNA molecules, that are not from any living organism.” GEA Enzymes It’s always great to see a fellow countryman flying the Chilean flag in Silicon Valley. Leonardo Álvarez, Gea Enzyme’s CEO, says taking part of IndieBio’s program has been key to accelerating GEA’s development: designer proteins created through the identification and manipulation of specific enzyme activity. “San Francisco is the best place to scale an early stage biotech company because it has a sophisticated ecosystem that allows CEOs to interact with big players in the industry” says Álvarez. “Just in four months our company has been able to place deals with multinational companies in the food and Pharma industry, all this would be impossible without the IndieBio support.” GEA is currently focused on making enzymes for the food industry that reduce saturated fat levels while maintaining aroma, taste and feel. Their main technology is a proprietary bioinformatics platform that allows the team to design proteins and enzymes. Álvarez points out that the team has “successfully designed a set of enzymes that allow us to turn saturated fats into unsaturated fats, this has a huge potential in the food industry.” The company’s “designer proteins” could also be created to bind with high affinity and specificity to any desired target, from small organic molecules to big protein complexes, broadening the scope of GEA’s technology from food to pharma. NeuroQore Over 16 million patients are diagnosed with major depressive disorders every year in the US. More than 4 million remain drug-resistant, that is, they do not get satisfactory results from drugs in the first line of therapy. This is the bleary diagnosis that made Mehran Talebinejad found NeuroQore. Fascinated by brain machine interfaces since he was a teenager, Talebinejad realized the complexity of the brain’s machinery after his first brain surgery. “I also realized non-invasive brain tools and neuromodulation is super important while we don’t have easy access to the brain and skull is blocking us!” The gold standard for drug-resistant depression treatment is Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or electroshock therapy, which requires hospitalization, anesthesia, has severe cognitive effects and a risk of death. No wonder less than 1% of patients are even willing to endure it. NeuroQuore aims to bring another option to the table. The company is commercializing a new repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) therapy system for treatment of depression and a range of other psychiatric and neurological disorders. This therapy does not require anesthesia or has known cognitive side effects. The company will set up four centers in the US this year and has already forged partnerships to set up hundreds of offices across the US and worldwide in the next few years, aiming to provide treatment for depression to everyone. Says Talebinejad, “Effective treatment for depression helps get more patients into remission faster and improves quality of lives (both for patients and their loved ones) while removing depression stigma. This will ultimately, bring back lost productivity and loss revenue.” Ravata Solutions In a society that still gets queasy over transgenics, Ravata’s bold statement stands up on its own: Transforming hundreds of embryos at the push of a button. The company seeks to scale transgenics by improving and automating embryo transformation. Their device, with demos scheduled for mid-year, promises up to 1,000 embryo transformations per hour, over 80% viability and over 80% efficiency. Ravata is currently focused on genetically altering animal embryos for medical research, but founder Arshia Firouzi is already thinking bigger. “Our technology can be used on any cell,” says Firouzi “we are excited to reach our vision of fighting genetic disease by transforming human cells.” The development behind the dream is moving fast and steady. The company incorporated in late 2016 and entered IndieBio almost right away. Says Firouzi: “The network, encouragement, and community of IndieBio has enabled us to go from an idea on paper to a functioning minimum-viable-product in just 4 months.” With the speed Ravata is moving forward, they might even reach their impressively ambitious goal: Putting their device in the market by late 2017. Scaled Biolabs How much time have you spent inside a cell culture hood in your laboratory, in total? Founder Drew Titmarsh says he’s spent probably a full year of his working life (out of 10) inside of it. “This is not where our best trained scientists are meant to be.” Says Titmarsh. “So, we decided to condense thousands of lab experiments onto a credit-card sized system, freeing scientists from the bench and giving them much higher payoff for their experimental efforts, both in terms of amount and quality of data. Under this premise, Scaled Biolabs was born. The company promises higher throughput, increased efficiency and lower costs. Their system is miniaturized using microfluidics, lowering material requirements to barely 1/10th and optimizing current bottlenecks for cellular and biologics productions from months to hours. This translates into cheaper and faster discoveries. The technology has already been proven in human tissue for regenerative medicine. “Our academic collaborators used our technology to help discover how to grow human kidney tissue in a dish. Moving forward in 2017, we’re helping customers grow other tissue types for curing serious diseases”. Remember to check out IndieBio’s Demo Day on Feb 9th to check the incubator’s latest generation. Best described as an entrepreneur, writer and speaker, Emilia is a young Chilean innovator working in the intersection of science and social impact, hoping to make the world a better place through biotechnology. At 22 she founded Kaitek Labs, one of Chile’s most renowned synthetic biology startups, for which she won numerous prizes, raised public and private capital, and attended business programs in Europe, Asia and Silicon Valley. After 4 years of writing about global biotech in various outlets and seeing the lack of Latin representation in the global scope, she also founded Allbiotech: the first Latin American Biotech network for biotech. She seeks to grow the local ecosystem through scicomm and innovation.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4497
__label__wiki	0.843458	0.843458	Judge throws out climate change lawsuit against ‘Big Oil’ Posted: June 26, 2018 by oldbrew in Accountability, Legal, News Tags: climate change An ambitious attempt to extort vast sums of money from the oil industry, by using the US legal system to bypass normal democratic political process on the pretext of supposed climate problems, has drawn an expensive blank in court. H/T The GWPF. San Francisco (AP) — A U.S. judge who held a hearing about climate change that received widespread attention ruled Monday that Congress and the president were best suited to address the contribution of fossil fuels to global warming, throwing out lawsuits that sought to hold big oil companies liable for the Earth’s changing environment. Noting that the world has also benefited significantly from oil and other fossil fuel, Judge William Alsup said questions about how to balance the “worldwide positives of the energy” against its role in global warming “demand the expertise of our environmental agencies, our diplomats, our Executive, and at least the Senate.” “The problem deserves a solution on a more vast scale than can be supplied by a district judge or jury in a public nuisance case,” he said. Alsup’s ruling came in lawsuits brought by San Francisco and neighboring Oakland that accused Chevron, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, BP and Royal Dutch Shell of long knowing that fossil fuels posed serious risks to the environment, but still promoting them as environmentally responsible. The lawsuits said the companies created a public nuisance and should pay for sea walls and other infrastructure to protect against the effects of climate change — construction that could cost billions of dollars. The Oakland city attorney’s offices did not immediately have comment. See also: RE: THE CALIFORNIA CASE AGAINST BIG OIL — DISMISSED! by The Elephant’s Child Jamie Spry says: Jim Rose says: Reblogged this on Utopia – you are standing in it!. This; John Cote, a spokesman for the San Francisco city attorney’s office, said the office was reviewing the ruling and would decide its next steps “shortly,” but the lawsuit had “forced a public court proceeding on climate science.” “We’re pleased that the court recognized that the science of global warming is no longer in dispute,” he said. Is rather like this quote from Star Trek Deep Space 9; Bashir: They broke seven of your transverse ribs and fractured your clavicle. Garak: Ah, but I got off several cutting remarks, which no doubt did serious damage to their egos. Bashir: Garak, this isn’t funny. Garak: I’m serious, Doctor. Thanks to your ministrations, I am almost completely healed, but the damage I did to them will last a lifetime Judge Alsup has shown once again that he doesn’t like bullshit in any form. The US needs more judges like him dealing with ‘glo bul warming’ issues. Footnote by Ron Clutz: It will be claimed that the court has confirmed dangerous man made warming. But IPCC science was stipulated by both plaintiffs and defendants, so there was no disagreement for the court to resolve. The science was not at issue between the parties. It doesn’t mean the science holds up under scrutiny, only that such examination was not pertinent here. http://rclutz.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/us-district-court-grants-chevrons-motion-to-dismiss-climate-change-case/ New York announces ‘Energy Storage Roadmap’ to hit low carbon goals Heathrow airport: MPs vote in favour of expansion	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4499
__label__wiki	0.762526	0.762526	Alabama Football – Embarrassment of Riches Part One By Larry Burton Alabama has tremendous potential for 2019, there’s almost an embarrassing amount talent on this team in some areas. Read Part One and see if you agree. Photo: Touchdown Alabama Magazine This is the first in a series that will describe this year’s embarrassment of riches at certain positions. This article talks about the offensive line and why even though the Tide lost two big cogs in the wheel to the NFL, this year’s line might even be better. Jonah Williams went in the first round to the NFL from Alabama’s left tackle spot and while that would be a terrible loss for most teams, Alabama slides in Alex Leatherwood who played guard and backup tackle for the Tide. How could he be better? When he was forced to take over the left tackle spot when Jonah Williams went down in 2017’s national championship game, Leatherwood came in and did a better job in the second half than Williams did in the first half. Take this as you will, but Leatherwood has a much higher upside than Williams. He’s bigger, taller has great vision and footwork. And by the way, this isn’t just a writers opinion, but coaches saw he graded out in that championship game against the same competition better that Williams too. So while Williams was great, Leatherwood has a great chance to be better. “Alex played left tackle before in the national championship game and played it his whole freshman year,” Nick Saban said about Leatherwood. “We’re just trying to get our five best guys there and he made the sacrifice to go play guard for a year.” The other position Alabama refills is Ross Pierschbacher’s spot at center. Center is a spot where Saban values experience and when you think back, you remember that he moved Barrett Jones, who had just won the Outland Trophy Award for his work at left tackle to center for his senior season. Pierschbacher was a three year starter at guard before his move last season to center. His work at that spot garnered him a big NFL contract, so obviously, the switch worked well. At center, Saban wants a guy who knows not just the center position, but how the whole line works as a unit. His center is the offensive line’s quarterback, they call the blocking schemes, they motivate, they coach and so much more. Ross Pierschbacher was 6’4” and 306 pounds, his replacement is looking to be 6’3” 312 pound Chris Owens. His lower center of gravity and bigger body means he is going to be able to take on the best incoming rushers for pass protection and to bulldoze folks in the running game. He has what Saban likes, experience. He was redshirted in his first year while trying various offensive line positions in practice. And in his redshirt freshman year he played guard in three games doing good work. Last season in his sophomore year, he was the team’s backup center and reserve tackle in 13 games. So here is another guy who like Barrett Jones, has played every offensive lineman spot and now gets his shot as the full time starting center as a junior. When you find a winning formula taking guys who have played all the offensive line positions and has the faith and trust of the other guys on the line to go along with size and quickness, you stay with it and Saban was able to do it again this season. Saban’s comments on this subject were, “I think the issue is making sure that the center position is solidified. Chris Owens has done a good job there so far, but that’s the thing that we have to make sure to develop, the depth and the consistency, because we’ve been very fortunate to have some very experienced good players play in that position in the past.” That’s the two departing player positions that have been more than adequately filled, now let us mention that the right tackle, junior Jedrick Wills Jr. comes back. Last season Williams and Pierschbacher sucked all the media buzz out of the offensive line and even Alabama fans had a hard time knowing just how good Wills was last season. Few fans know that Wills just allowed one sack all season and allowed just hit on the quarterback all year long. These are facts that Williams didn’t match but you wouldn’t know it from the press he was given. The only problem here is Wills may be tempted to jump to the NFL after this his junior season. So that puts the center and both tackles in very good hands. So what about the guards? One of last year’s starting guards, Leatherwood, moved to left tackle, so who takes his place? While he won’t start the season because of a rule violation, Deonte Brown seemed to have cemented himself in the job at left guard after the season got going last year. Then he had a foot fracture and missed the College Football Playoff for violating an NCAA rule. While he sits out the first month of games where the Tide won’t really need him, his foot injury healed nicely and he did start and look great in the spring game. So consider that position filled and filled well as a returning starter from last year’s offensive line, one of the very best in the country, returns to keep that top rating going. So that just leaves the other guard position to discuss and Matt Womack may end that discussion. If he sounds familiar, he was Alabama’s starter at right tackle at one time. After earning the starting job at right tackle in 2017, his redshirt sophomore season and doing absolutely fantastic work, last season he missed the first four games with foot problems last year. It was mainly a very bad turf toe and that gave time for Wills to secure that job for himself and have his own fantastic year. So really there were two starting quality guys for that spot. Now Saban says he wants his best five people on the field at one time, so instead of having this player back up one of the tackles he’ll plug him into a guard spot like he did with Leatherwood last season so look for a veteran starter to fill that guard position. Now having five great starters is great, but not exactly an embarrassment of riches, so why call this article that? Because of the backups they have sitting there ready if the need arises or to rotate them in and out on a hot Southern Saturday. And who might these folks be? Well the first would have to be redshirt freshman Emil Ekiyor Jr. This is a guy who has played backup center and guard enough to have some good game time experience. With his 6’3” and 327 pound frame, he could work either position well. How well? So well that many who keep up with everything Crimson Tide think that he may even take the battle to one of the starting jobs into the fall. Now that is certainly a quality guy to have on the bench. A new name getting attention is Landon Dickerson, who went through the transfer portal leaving FSU and winding up in Tuscaloosa. He started at FSU during his freshman year and was then injured. He’ll have two more years of playing time at Alabama. At 6’6” he could play either guard or tackle and provides a great backup this season and is someone who will challenge for a starting job next season. Tommy Brown, is a redshirt freshman from California who was a four star highly sought after recruit and redshirt junior Scott Lashley are both 6’7” and give the Tide a pair of great reserves. Lashay played three games as a redshirt freshman and eight games as a sophomore. Just having this kind of talent on the bench is almost ridiculous, but then you have to talk about the the incoming freshmen. And as is the case every year with Saban, his recruiting has brought in some prime candidates and looking at Saban’s past, he’s not afraid to start a freshman on the offensive line if they warrant it. Now while that doesn’t seem to be the case this season with so many of the jobs looking nailed down, you never know when injuries can happen and it’s next man up. Saban loves these big 6’7” linemen and someone that was an early enrollee is Evan Neal. Besides being one of the nation’s top prospects, Neal is a big reason the Tide is three deep at the critical tackle position. He is versatile enough to play guard too. Another top prospect and early enrollee is Darrian Dalcourt, who could be plugged in to either center or guard. Both have earned some praise from Saban who said, “Some of the young guys, Evan Neal, Dalcourt.. I feel pretty good about that group. They’ve got to develop probably more consistency in what they’re doing, but I feel pretty good about that group and I feel good about the progress they’ve made.” But there are other great freshmen too. Amari Knight is yet another 6’7” lineman who was a highly rated prospect who protected Taulia Tagovailoa, Tua’s brother, at Thompson High School and Pierce Quick, Alabama high school’s top rated prospect, who could be plugged in anywhere. Lastly, the new offensive line coach, Kyle Flood comes in with Steve Sarkisian from the Atlanta Falcons, so he is familiar with the mindset of his offensive coordinator and the plays he’s likely to call, so Flood will have the line ready. Flood is also a former college head football coach at Rutgers with years of experience and so far the players are really responding to his coaching style and personality. The fact that this season Alabama will have so many players on the bench who would be starting at other schools, being coached by a former head coach, show just how embarrassingly deep this offensive line really is and how great their potential is. Not only is Alabama going to be one of the best offensive lines in the nation this season, they appear to be set for the near future as well. Get the BEST Alabama football insider information, message board access, and recruiting coverage today! SIGN UP HERE to unlock our subscriber only content! Larry Burton has been published in almost every media outlet for college sports and now primarily writes here for Touchdown Alabama. Follow Larry on Twitter for inside thoughts and game time comments at https://twitter.com/LBSportswriter Related Items:Alabama football, Alabama offensive line, Headline Alabama Football – An Embarrassment of Riches – Part 2 – The Receivers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4503
__label__cc	0.736045	0.263955	Home / INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE / IB History of the Americas IB History of the Americas IB History of the Americas includes several study options allowing teachers to pick and choose the material they want to emphasize. Teachers who either want to, or who are required to, teach a survey of U.S. or Canadian history while teaching IB® history can use the included material that will not be on the IB exam to help them do so. In addition to the Americas regional option, this curriculum also focuses on all of the IB® 20th century world history subjects. The Student Activity Book includes the essential elements of each lesson in an outline format to help students take notes and to ensure they have accurate material for exam review. The homework and classroom assignments that are included are specifically designed to help teach students the skills and knowledge necessary to score well on the IB® history exam. While there are no multiple-choice questions on the IB® history exams, multiple choice questions for each Unit are included so that teachers can use them for classroom quizzes and/or review questions. The grading rubric and suggested answers are based on the latest IB® model. PowerPoint’s that are included with the curriculum are integrated with the teacher lesson plans. “As an IB History teacher I have benefited greatly from using the teaching packet that your company produces. Most of my lesson plans are based on the suggested lessons included in your packet.” –Ignacio Albarracin, IB History of the Americas, American School of Tegucigalpa “IB History of the Americas is a comprehensive, well-researched guide to the content currently included on the International Baccalaureate History (HL) examination. Mr. Burson successfully achieves his purpose of providing a consensus view of American and 20th century history. The guide will prove itself valuable to the new teacher and the teacher new to the IB History course. Students will understand the interpretive nature of the subject. The guide is a valuable addition to the rapidly growing need for IB preparation materials. The writing is excellent. State-of-the-field literature is included. The visual material included in the guide is outstanding. Maps, charts, tables, newspapers, posters, and illustrations are well-chosen and will easily motivate student discussion. The accumulated material far surpasses the visual content found in a single textbook. Organization is clear and allows the teacher flexibility in decisions regarding how much time to be given each lesson. Further, as the first guide of its kind in the IB field, teachers will be encouraged with its basic ideas to formulate their own and create additional instructional and testing methods.” –Frank Bunton, IB History of the Americas Teacher, Stanton College Preparatory High School, Jacksonville, Florida 1. The Colonial Period 2. Independence Movements 3. Nation-Building and challenges 4. U.S. Civil War: Causes, Cause and Effects, 1840-77 5. The Development of United States, 1865-1929 6. Development of Modern Nations, 1865-1929 7. The Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs, 1880–1929 8. The Mexican Revolution, 1910–1940 9. World War I 10. Peacemaking, Peacekeeping – Intl. Relations,1929-39 11. The Great Depression and the Americas, 1929-1939 12. Vargas of Brazil and Peron of Argentina 13. World War II 14. Political Developments in the US after World War II 15. Political Developments in the Americas after World War II 16. The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1945-1979 17. The Cold War 18. Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas 19. Communism in Crisis, 1976-1991 SKU: N/A Category: INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE Tag: IB History of the Americas George Burson 2-YEAR IB HL COURSE MATERIALS Newly Updated to 2008 IB Curriculum* H-X-IBHOA-DL, H-X-IBHOA-SUB, H-X-IBHOA-CS, H-X-IBHOA-SA-DL, H-X-IBHOA-SA, H-X-IBHOA-MT 1134/ISBN: 978-1-59657-592-9, 1134/ISBN: 978-1-59657-153-2, Class Set CD/ISBN: 978-1-59657-593-6, 299/ISBN: 978-1-59657-520-2, 299/ISBN: 978-1-59657-154-9, No page count.No ISBN number. Use product code. IB MYP Technology Years 4-5 IB Spanish B	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4504
__label__wiki	0.961585	0.961585	Digital Chocolate Downsizing? Founder Trip Hawkins Out As CEO; Reports Of Layoffs, Marc Metis As Interim CEO Ingrid Lunden @ingridlunden / 7 years Some significant changes afoot at social and mobile games company Digital Chocolate: founder Trip Hawkins has stepped down as the CEO of the company. And we have also heard a report — yet to be confirmed directly by the company — that president Marc Metis has stepped up as interim CEO; and that Digital Chocolate has laid off up to 180 people across offices in India, San Mateo, Russia and elsewhere. Hawkins’ news was made public by Trip himself in his company blog, where he notes that he is “transitioning into a consulting and advisory relationship with Digital Chocolate.” Without giving away much about the state of affairs at the company, the move, he writes, is being made as the company is “narrowing its focus.” “It made sense to get more streamlined,” he explains. Hawkins founded the company eight years ago. By coincidence, the news comes at the same time that Hawkins is marking the 30th anniversary of Electronic Arts, another gaming company that he founded: he incorporated that company on May 28, 1982. Before that he worked at Apple, which he joined in 1978, when it only had 25 employees. Trip’s LinkedIn profile now notes his employment as “computer games professional” with CEO, Digital Chocolate, as a past position. Meanwhile, Marc Metis, who we have heard is now the interim CEO, still lists president of the company as his most current job on LinkedIn. He has been with Digital Chocolate since 2009 and has held other roles such as head of marketing. Layoffs. Again, we have yet to get confirmation from Digital Chocolate on the 180-layoff figure — we have reached out and will update with any detail we receive — but our tipster says that the cuts are as follows: half the staffs of both the Bangalore and San Mateo offices; the closure of Digital Chocolate’s Mexicali office, an office in Armenia and Sandlot offices in Bothell, Washington, and St. Petersburg. (Digital Chocolate bought Sandlot in August 2011.) Digital Chocolate has had nearly $60 million in funding to date, with backers including Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers; Sequoia; and Intel, among others. And in its eight years, it’s had a number of hits both in social gaming (eg Facebook) and in mobile, on iOS and other platforms. But lately traffic has fallen. In social games, Zynga, ranked number-one, has 247 million MAUs, according to AppData. In comparison, Digital Chocolate ranks significantly lower, at number-61, with 6.3 million MAUs. Galaxy Life is Digital Chocolate’s most popular social game at the moment, with 1.7 million MAUs and 310k DAUs. Traffic for its games overall is falling, down 470,000 in the last seven days. Update. Still no word direct from Digital Chocolate, but a bittersweet tweet from the (former?) manager of the company’s Mexico office, Francisco Casanova, who also claims “the doors have closed” for Digital Chocolate Mexico: Digital Chocolate México cierra sus puertas. #Gameover #Continue? #PressStartToPlay — Francisco Casanova (@pakoconk) May 24, 2012	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4506
__label__cc	0.503518	0.496482	Looker’s slick Slack integration inserts data directly into conversations Ron Miller 3 years Looker, a data visualization and business intelligence startup announced a new component today that brings Looker data directly into Slack conversations without having to access the program separately. The new tool is called Looker Slack Bot and is built using the Slack bot technology. It provides a way for users working in Slack to access data related to the discussion. They may want a simple text answer such as when is the customer renewing or they may want a chart or graph to answer more complex questions like customer product usage over time. That’s critical in an area like business intelligence because people need data where they are. Trying to find new ways to present that data in context is an important differentiator, Looker CEO Frank Bien told TechCrunch. “People have been consuming business intelligence in old interfaces, but they want to consume data where and how they are working. In user interface design, people want to have conversations. Slack has taken off because people want to collaborate and data needs to be part of that conversation,” he said. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Looker. Users can define how they interact with Looker inside of Slack defining their own commands if they wish using classic Slack slash commands such as /Looker usage [customer name] to see the usage for a particular customer. What’s more, the Looker Slack Bot enables companies to see the context around how people are using the data and that makes it really valuable, according to Bien. “The really cool thing is you have context on how data is used. I can see conversations and why they wanted data and what point of action was taken after they saw the data,” he said. The Looker Slack Bot is part of a larger trend to give users the information where they are without having to move between multiple programs to get it. Slack is becoming a poster child for this approach with its Bot development tool, which lets all kinds of information appear directly in Slack. Looker is trying to make the data from its tools as useful as possible and this offers another way to access and use that data. Looker Slack Bot is free for Looker customers. Looker has raised $96 million over 4 rounds, according to Crunchbase. It’s most recent round was $48 million in January.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4507
__label__wiki	0.753415	0.753415	November 20, 2014 weblog Google to developers: you can get to work on Android Auto Android Auto, intended to become the driver's popular go-to source for audio entertainment and messaging services, is aiming for the driver's seat and developer interest. Simply put, Google wants to bring the Android platform into the car with a user interface that is optimized for driving. To that end, Google earlier this week released its first APIs for building Android Auto-enabled audio and messaging apps. On Tuesday, Daniel Holle, product manager, blogged, "Today, we're excited to announce the availability of our first APIs for building Auto-enabled apps for audio and messaging." Commuters in the US spend an average of one hour a day in their car, and another stat says a person checks the smartphone an average of 125 times a day. "Cars keep us going while our phones keep us connected," said Timothy Jordan on DevBytes, but using your phone while driving...well, you know the rest. Accidents do happen. What if you could use your phone in a safer way? And better yet, said Jordan in Google's message for developers, what if developing for this platform were easy and familiar? It's the same platform you already use for phones, tablets, watches, and so forth, but now your app can extend to the car. Android Auto APIs will let developers extend their existing apps targeting Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher to work in the car without having to worry about vehicle-specific hardware differences. Using Android Auto is easy, said Jordan. Users go to the Google Play store and download apps that support Android Auto onto their phone. When they connect their phone to the car, the phone goes into car mode and casts the Android Auto experience to the car's screen. Although all the apps and services are running on the phone, they are displayed in the car's dash. Users interact with them using car controls such as a built-in touchscreen and microphone. Google said they are working with developers to bring popular apps to Android Auto. In his blog, Holle said, "We've already started working with partners to develop experiences for Android Auto: iHeartRadio, Joyride, Kik, MLB.com, NPR, Pandora, PocketCasts, Songza, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, TextMe, textPlus, TuneIn, Umano, and WhatsApp." The APIs for building Auto-enabled apps are available now. When connected to compatible vehicles, apps on handheld devices running Android 5.0 or higher can communicate with Android Auto. While the APIs became available as of Tuesday, apps extended with Android Auto cannot, however, be published quite yet, said Holle. "More app categories will be supported in the future, providing more opportunities for developers and drivers of Android Auto. We encourage you to join the Android Auto Developers Google+ community to stay up-to-date on the latest news and timelines." Consumer Reports, while at the LA Auto Show, took a look at Android Auto as the in-car system for interacting with your Android phone. George Kennedy, senior associate editor-Autos, said, "We experienced the software firsthand, and users of Lollipop 5.0 devices will find the look and feel immediately familiar." The system allows for navigation of Google Maps, which was used from the touchscreen in a 2015 Hyundai Sonata. You get live traffic updates, among other features, and Android Auto allows you to receive text messages without reaching for your phone. The system provides access to audio apps too. Android Auto will function with phones running Android 5.0 Lollipop and later. Writing in Consumer Reports, Mark Rechtin and Seung Min Yu said what they specifically liked about Google's Android Auto—first of all, the playlist experience. "Many times, the playlist you were listening to on your phone reverts to the first song once you connect to your car." Not Android Auto. It continues playing whatever you were listening to before you got in the car. Another feature they liked concerned safety measures to guard against driver distraction. Android Auto puts texting, email, and third-party messaging apps such as WhatsApp into speech-to-text mode. "Incoming messages are read to you by Google's speech interface. You can respond by pressing your vehicle's voice command button on the steering wheel, and the interface will turn your words into text." Talk to Google allows searches via steering wheel buttons. Android L makes sense, even if it doesn't set the world alight More information: android-developers.blogspot.co … th-android-auto.html developer.android.com/auto/index.html © 2014 Tech Xplore Citation: Google to developers: you can get to work on Android Auto (2014, November 20) retrieved 16 July 2019 from https://techxplore.com/news/2014-11-google-android-auto.html Co-creator of Android mobile software leaves Google Google unveils 'Lollipop' Android system, new devices Google partners with automakers for on-board Android Review: Android Wear is about simplifying future Daimler job ads suggest Mercedes cars soon to have Android/iOS phones integrated into dash Fake news 'vaccine' works: 'Pre-bunking' game reduces susceptibility to disinformation Multi-mobile (M2) computing system makes Android, iOS apps sharable on multiple devices I, Chatbot: Getting your news from a talkative automaton Video games battle for the cloud as industry girds for change Apple iTunes to play last song Private, stable and landed: Meet Tor Browser 8.5 daqddyo I presume this device will not function unless the car is stopped and the gearshift is in Park. I mean, we wouldn't want drivers to be distracted further would we? If I am naively mistaken, then it won't be long before California will legislate laws to enforce the above. antigoracle Great, now it will not only be your phone that's easily hacked, TudorCorneliu there are already 2dim solutions that use android as main operating system . i've seen one which can play hd movies, tv on antenna, gps,etc, full data and wireless connectivity and off course web surfing. so this is not smth new just that google doesn't want 3rd parties to fully benefit from their OS in this direction. alfie_null How will the safety benefits of Android Auto be measured? Using Android Auto may be safer than using a phone. But using no device, just concentrating on driving will be safer still. If Android Auto is widely available, is popular, the net number of drivers tempted to do something other than just driving will be larger than otherwise. A device accessible to the driver should be dull, simple, dumbed down, not present a panoply of apps, of eye-candy, begging to be fiddled around with. I hope that one immutable aspect of Android Auto is that it keeps a log of when it is being stroked. For forensics.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4508
__label__cc	0.672093	0.327907	Chesley W Taylor: Changed His Name to Richard Taylor? Posted on December 5, 2017 by tennesseepryors 1870 Census, Cheatham County. Chesley W Taylor. His sister Mary Ann Taylor Allen is also on this page. It’s so frustrating to run into the name switcheroos among the Pryors (see Shadrack to Chesley post) Wouldn’t you know, I also run in to mysterious name changes among the Taylor cousins who settled in TN. I’ve been trying to flesh-out the family tree on Chesley Taylor about 1785 in VA. Edmund Taylor, the father, died in VA in 1827. William Pryor and Spicy Taylor were in Overton County, TN by the 1820 Census, and soon after Edmund’s death Chesley and his other Taylor siblings followed, including Massey Taylor and her husband John Pryor. He married Mary Ann Hardeman in Sumner County in 1829 and settled in Davidson County. Chesley left a very small trail. There was a post the Tennessean giving notice that here was a letter held for him in Nashville in 1835. At some point a baby or young boy came to live with Spicy Taylor and William Pryor; they named him Chesley. From 1835 to his death in 1839, Chesley Taylor and his wife Mary Ann had 4 children: Susan, Mary Ann, John Edward, and Chesley Washington– Chesley Washington b. 1837 again brings up the issues of name changes. Chesley Washington Taylor was recorded on all census records as C. W. His name Chesley Taylor appears on a land grant in Cheatham County. However, C. W. appears on the 1880 Census in Chatham County and there are several children recorded in his household who were recorded as sons and daughters. When those children died, their death records and social security records state their father was Richard Taylor. His son James General Taylor: His son George Washington Taylor: His daughter Ella Catharine (Taylor) Wilkerson: His daughter Rosa (Taylor) Demonbrun So Richard it is. Did he have multiple names? Did he drop one name for another? Absolutely confounding but also a great reminder that evolving research means being open to new data and asking new questions. My new question: When we can’t find Taylors and Pryors are we looking for the wrong first name? Category: About TN Lines \| Tags: Cheatham, overton county, Sumner County, Taylor	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4510
__label__cc	0.53615	0.46385	StepbackCity I like winning Smart out for the yoffs. Can’t say I stand by my pick. Hornets playing like they already know the Pistons/Knicks score Reactions: tykurez Lefty2one said: I'd be shocked if he doesn't get a supermax. MJ loves Kemba and isn't interested in rebuilding. Wouldn't surprise me if they sign Boogie over the summer, who probably won't have many suitors. MJ is perfectly fine with being a 5-8 seed. How is that going to happen? Charlotte Hornets Team Payroll \| Basketball-Reference.com Charlotte is at $102 million next season (assuming all the player contract options are exercised, which I expect to happen) BEFORE they sign Kemba. The cap will be $109 million, and Luxury Tax will kick in at $132 million. Jordan would have to match every dollar over the LT level back to the NBA. I don't see that happening. If Charlotte can dump some contracts, then maybe they can keep Kemba, but Charlotte has been shopping the bad contracts (Batum, Williams, Kidd Gilchrist) for years, and no one wants them. Oof. Not looking good. Reactions: Mano Kemba doing everything for his team with 22 at the half but it won't matter, Pistons up huge Drummond beasting with 16 and 12 in the first half. I love Andre but he shouldn't be responding to critical fans on twitter. Bucks vs. Pistons Raptors vs. Magic 76ers vs. Nets Celtics vs. Pacers Warriors vs. Clippers Nuggets vs. Spurs Trail Blazers vs. Thunder Rockets vs. Jazz The first three series in the East should be about 5 game affairs. The Celtics and Pacers got a little more interesting with Smart's injury, but I do not think the Pacers can win a playoff series without Oladipo. The Warriors will probably sweep the Clippers, but the other three Western Conference series should be exciting. Spurs could upset the Nuggets, who seem like they are a year away from really competing for a conference title. Any of the four teams from the 2/7 and 3/6 matchups could realistically make the conference finals. The Warriors' path got a lot tougher when the Rockets dropped to #4. Assuming the Rockets get by the Jazz, that will be a tough matchup for the Warriors. Not totally shocked that Philly lost game one but if this becomes a difficult series, and Simmons doesn't show up big in the coming games, you have to think about trading Simmons. Edit now THAT is surprising. Orlando steals game 1. Lowry had a terrible time shooting today Pacers in the playoffs without Oladipo are a waste of everyone's time Reactions: Dream Jobbed 2.0 and tzznandrew 3 of the lower seeds won Game 1 on Saturday. 76ers/Nets - If Embiid has a bad wheel, the 76ers are still the better team but they could lose this series. Bad knees are not the kind of thing that can be played through either, which makes the 76ers look like less of a threat in the next round if they survive this one. Raptors/Magic - I forgot about the Raptors' issue with gagging in game ones. I don't know how this is even a thing for an NBA team. Nuggets/Spurs - Spurs won this game with Aldridge and Derozan shooting a combined 33% from the field. That is a bad sign for the Nuggets. Poor Drummond, Pistons are going to lose by 50. Nah not “poor Drummond” he just made a disgraceful play. He should be a leader on this team but is showing immaturity. The most impressive performance of the weekend to me was Dame. After last year's embarassing sweep they were all but forgotten and OKC was the consensus pick to win. He hit 2 clutch bombs 5 feet behind the arc and came through every time they needed a big bucket. Dame has really separated himself as the 3rd best guard IMO and is such a good guy. Reactions: bballgrda I am so interested in seeing how the 76ers rebound. The tied has turned rapidly on Simmons and after his comments about his fanbase he has all the pressure in the world. What's he supposed to do? He had around a double double for the half and they were losing by nearly 30. It's him and basically a bunch of G league players. Reactions: nelsonmuntz Yeah I agree the team sucks that’s fine, but suggesting “what’s he supposed to do?” to qualify his actions is kinda ridiculous. Just because your team is getting killed doesn’t mean you go get yourself kicked out of a game for an unnecessary, dangerous play. Just pulled it up. With the rules it isn't a basketball play but come on, that was nothing. It wasn't undercutting someone airborne or in any way going to hurt him. You made it sound like he did something horrifying, he shoved him. I’m saying it’s incredibly immature and not something a leader on his team should do. That's fair. I just didn't think it was dangerous or disgraceful in any way. Celtics/Pacers - this series would have been a lot more fun with Oladipo. Trail Blazers/Thunder - Kanter is one of those players that it is hard to figure out just how good he is. He sucks on D, but he is very effective offensively and is a good rebounder. Bucks/Pistons - Detroit would be the worst team in the NBA if you took away Griffin and Drummond. Rockets/Jazz - Rockets win may be the most impressive win of the weekend. Jazz are a solid team, and they got embarrassed. They may be the worst playoff team I have ever seen. I think Houston getting Utah was better for them than playing OKC. I know it means Golden State in the second round, but you have to play them anyway, so you may as well get it over with. I'm not saying Houston will roll Utah, and playoff series can change game to game, but Utah is a good match up for them. Lefty2one They're screwed on Batum but come July 1 Williams, Biyombo, and MGK all become expiring contracts, more valuable and moveable than they were in February. Even if they move just MGK and sign Kemba to the max (1st year salary is roughly $32m) they'll be at $121m plus whatever their rookies make - it'll be below the luxury threshold. Plus, looking ahead one year when all those guys come off the books they'll free up another $32m in space. Signing Kemba is about more than just next season, obviously. There is enough talk about CHA bringing back both Kemba and Lamb; the financials for bringing back Kemba aren't a concern. Shabazz is in will most likely get the last 6 minutes here. Will showing Kemba Walker urgency change Charlotte Hornets’ draft strategy? \| Charlotte Observer Money quote: Q. In your opinion, would it be better to let the contracts of Bismack Biyombo, Marvin Williams and Kidd-Gilchrist expire after next season, or try to find some trade for one or more of them? A. Those three contracts expiring in the summer of 2020 means Kupchak will have choices. In the absence of specific trade proposals, it’s impossible to say what’s best. Trading an expiring contract would likely acquire a player with a contract beyond next season. That’s reason to be cautious. But everything at this point has the subtext of looking to give Walker more reason to stay. The financials are a big concern. If Charlotte signs both Lamb and Kemba, they will be way over the luxury tax. Biyombo, Williams and MGK are valuable contracts if there is a good player on a bad team that Charlotte wants, and that bad team is in rebuilding mode. Bradley Beal is an example. Kevin Love is another. Mike Conley is available for anyone that wants that contract, but he plays the same position as Kemba. Anyone on Miami is available, but who wants them? One wildcard could be the Lakers at the end of free agency if they strike out on the big names. There are a few other teams that may be willing to deal. Detroit has an aging superstar in Griffin, another star in his prime in Drummond, but they are light years from contending from an overall talent standpoint, and they are over the salary cap in 2019-20. The problem with Detroit is that they have been bad for so long that they may not be willing to start a new rebuilding process. Houston's two stars will be 30 and 34 a year from now, and they are going to have to go over the Luxury Tax to put together a team capable of competing for a Championship next season. If they get bounced in the first or second round this year, they may consider blowing the team up. I don't know what Oklahoma City is thinking with that roster. They seem to want to compete, but they are in Luxury Tax territory, and they finished 6th this season. They are still young, but they have no where to go from a cap perspective. when is Batum's contract up? That has to be one of the worst contracts in the league.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4512
__label__wiki	0.668429	0.668429	Rehab work begins around 416 Fire, with eye on the sky Areas damaged during suppression efforts must be repaired By Ryan Simonovich Herald Staff Writer Friday, July 6, 2018 1:56 PM Fire crews have been completing backhaul operations, meaning they have been removing supplies from the fireline, such as hoses, pumps, tanks and other equipment used in structure protection and holding the fireline. Courtesy of National Incident Management Organization Favorable weather conditions have helped slow the 416 Fire, allowing firefighters to shift their focus from fire suppression to repairing areas damaged during firefighting efforts. At the same time, forecasters say heavy rainfall could pose a danger to the public and fire crews. The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood watch until 9 p.m. Friday for areas around the 416 Fire burn scar. A public meeting to discuss potential flooding is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Miller Middle School, 2608 Junction St. La Plata County officials are preparing for the possibility of flash floods and debris flows, but everything depends on what the storm does, said Butch Knowlton, director for La Plata County Emergency Management. Dennis Phillips, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction, said there’s a chance for heavy rain Friday afternoon and evening across the region. Small amounts of water on the burn scar can trigger debris flows, because the soil can’t hold water and there is a the lack of vegetation providing erosion control. Therefore, heavy rainfall is of particular concern, Phillips said. Fire crews are shifting their focus to repairing areas that were damaged during fire suppression efforts, in part to prevent erosion and rehabilitate the forest. As of Friday, firefighters had reached 100 percent of their containment objective, said Kris Erikson, a spokeswoman for the National Incident Management Organization in charge of the fire. A containment line is built around only 45 percent of the 54,129-acre burn area, but those lines are near structures, roads and other areas of high value. The fire will be allowed to burn into the wilderness and within existing boundaries until Mother Nature – in the form of rain and snow – takes care of lingering hot spots. Firefighters have known would be unlikely to build containment lines on the western edge of the fire, which is dominated by steep and remote terrain in the Hermosa Creek Wilderness, Erikson said. In coming days, crews will perform fire suppression repair. The goal is to make the forest look like it did before suppression crews arrived on scene. Handlines and dozer lines leave marks across the vegetation, so the majority of the work will be repairing those lines. “They leave these piles of trees and brush and the dozer dirt off to the side of the road, and it’s a mess,” Erikson said. “Putting it back helps us control erosion, and it looks better.” The focus at first will be on repairing damage caused by firefighting efforts. Later, crews will focus on rehabilitating parts of the forest. One technique involves using brush that was cut down during fire suppression efforts and placing it along damaged areas. Crews might also use wood chippers to grind fallen brush and spread it on the forest floor. Another aspect of repair involves erosion management, including reseeding the landscape and digging water channels to direct water flow and protect against flooding. An unknown factor for everybody is how much rain will fall. Firefighters could be set back in their repair efforts if heavy rain creates dangerous conditions or prohibits access to remote locations. Knowlton said residents should be aware if they live in a flood-prone area, and if so, pay attention to warnings issued by county and weather officials. Areas that are of concern include Tripp Creek and Falls Creek. While the fire has slowed, flare ups producing smoke can be expected for a while. The area inside the fire perimeter makes a mosaic pattern, Erikson said. There are black, burned areas, but green areas remain that can still burn. The best thing for putting out the fire would be long, extended rainfall and high humidity. Short burst of heavy rain are helpful, but not as much as steady rain events, Erikson said. “We never take our eyes off the fire; there’s always somebody – engines patrolling or watching an area of the fire to make sure everything’s OK,” Erikson said. rsimonovich@durangoherald.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4514
__label__wiki	0.841414	0.841414	Cabin Fever: The Remake You Didn’t Know Existed Andrew WelshRe-Animated: Original vs. RemakeCabin Fever, Eli Roth, Flesh-eating virus, Gore, Grindhouse, Horror, Horror Film, Lionsgate Films, Netflix, Remakes, Rider Strong, Splatter Film, Travis Z2 Comments While scrolling through Netflix recently for a late-night horror fix I discovered the Cabin Fever (2016) remake. It’s a film that flew completely under my radar. Rather than watching the remake first I decided to pull out my copy of the original Cabin Fever. It’s been sixteen years since Eli Roth emerged on the horror scene. His tale of five college students ravaged by a flesh-eating virus in a remote cabin was a minor hit. No one would ever mistake Cabin Fever for a horror classic, but it makes for the perfect midnight film. How well would a re-imagining of Roth’s B-movie bloodfest fare when held up to the original? Cabin Fever (2002) A Fun Homage to 70’s Exploitation Films The original Cabin Fever was a divisive film among critics and horror fans. Yet Eli Roth’s debut film had some idiosyncratic charms that separated it from other horror films at the time. Roth, like Quentin Tarantino and Rob Zombie, has a fondness for the grindhouse cinema of the 1970s. In Cabin Fever, Roth uses the same B-film aesthetics. Much of what makes Cabin Fever work are its idiosyncratic ticks in storytelling and characters. Much of what makes Cabin Fever work are its idiosyncratic ticks in storytelling and characters. The film’s party-loving Deputy Wilson or Dennis, the mullet-haired boy who randomly screams “pancakes” before inexplicably performing kung fu moves in slow motion are the seemingly random bits that make watching Cabin Fever memorable. You may love or hate these quirks, but you can’t accuse Roth of being boring or generic. Perhaps best known for his contributions to the “torture porn” horror subgenre, Roth uses the flesh-eating virus narrative to maximum effect. Roth assaults the audience with several scenes of gut-wrenching violence. You’ll never look at shaving the same way again after the original Cabin Fever. However, Roth films his violence in a tongue-in-cheek manner. The carnage winks knowingly at the audience, never feeling mean-spirited. There is a dark sense of humor permeating the film that separates it from other low-budget horror efforts. While the performances nothing special, they’re better than what you can often expect in B-films. The characters may feel generic but that’s largely in part to Roth poking a little fun at exhausted horror film tropes. Cabin Fever is a minor horror entry but it still makes for fun late-night viewing. Cabin Fever Remake Will Make You Want To Tear Off Your Own Flesh The Cabin Fever remake is directed by someone who credited as ‘Travis Z”. It stars no one you will recognize. Most importantly, the Cabin Fever remake accomplishes the phenomenal task of being worse than the original. Yes, the remake nosedives on every imaginable aspect of film-making. It somehow accomplishes this feat while following the exact script. This is a carbon copy remake. In fact, the remake so closely follows the original that one wonders why the filmmakers even bothered. It’ll be be easier to start by pointing out what the remake does well. The production values are adequate; the camerawork is competent. Everything else is a boring mess. The acting is wooden and devoid of charisma – you will miss Rider Strong. Cabin Fever’s original characters weren’t likable, but at least they were memorable. I could could distinguish one character from another. Even minor characters from the original film are stripped of any quirks that made them stand out. Pacing, tension, and suspense – not in this film. I still don’t understand how they made almost the exact same film, but made it feel longer and duller. I paused the remake a few times just to check how much time was left. Even the gore effects feel cheap and underwhelming in this pointless go-around. If you are going to remake a film about a flesh-eating virus rooted in 1970’s splatter exploitation movies, you need gross, practical effects. What’s really missing from the remake is Roth’s dark humor. No, it doesn’t always work in the original. But Roth dumps buckets of blood onto the screen with a devilish grin. Travis Z delivers the flesh-eating gore in the remake with a straight face and the overall effect is flat. Time to Board up This Cabin There wasn’t much to deliberate on when comparing the two versions. The 2016 remake of Cabin Feveris the definition of a pointless remake. It has no redeeming qualities of which to speak. If you’re a fan of B-horror or 1970’s splatter films, stick with Eli Roth’s original vision. 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__label__wiki	0.880274	0.880274	California State University, Chico “Apollo at 50:” Local Scientists Commemorate History, Look Ahead School of Social Work Secures $850,000 Gift for Superior Region Endowment NSPR Wins National Broadcast Award for Camp Fire Reporting Chile to Chico: Fulbright Student Focuses on Forensic Anthropology 5 Questions with Alumna Sarah Bohannon Worth Sharing: Gateway Named Butte County’s Best Message on a Box: Chico State Alum Helps Feed Today’s Wildcats Lending a Helping Wing Worth Sharing: CCAA Honors Men’s Golf Team Making the Stars Your Map Warriors Against Wildfire Sigma Phi Epsilon alumni host a luncheon for Brian Harris (front left) and Daniel Phelan (front middle), recipients of the former fraternity's president's scholarship. Alumni Back Today’s Scholars Nicole Williams December 17, 2015 All StoriesPhilanthropy As recipients of the California Iota Sigma Phi Epsilon President’s Scholarship, freshman Brian Harris and junior Daniel Phelan each carry not one, but two Wildcat legacies: their family’s and that of Chico State’s earliest and proudest Sigma Phi Epsilon alumni. Bob Koch (BA, Economics, ’70; MPA, Public Administration, ’72) and his fraternity brothers established the scholarship to support students in honor of the role Sigma Phi Epsilon played in their own lives. It not only celebrates academic achievement, but also the values they cultivated at Chico State—commitment to service, ongoing personal development, leadership, and achieving a healthy, balanced life. “Back then, that helped a person like me,” Koch said of the formerly active chapter, which taught him to be professional, confident, and mature socially while building lifelong friendships. “… there’s still a lot of alums who care about the school they came from.” —Junior Daniel Phelan, scholarship recipient “It was exciting seeing that there’s still a lot of alums who care about the school they came from,” said Phelan, whose parents always wanted the civil engineering major to attend their alma mater. Being offered the inaugural scholarship in 2013 is what sealed the deal. The scholarship freed up family funds to pay for the dorms and, when the award was unexpectedly upped from $3,000 to $5,000 this year, Phelan was able to work fewer hours as a shift manager at Taco Bell, helping him to better balance commitments to the Chico State Triathlon Club and his duties as an officer for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) campus chapter. Like the scholarship committee, Phelan and his family believe you gain as much through extracurricular activities as you do in the classroom. “A big thing about college is exposing yourself to different ideas and different ways of thinking,” Phelan said. His parents are both teachers in the Chico Unified School District and say their top family values are education, hard work … and fun. “That’s important,” said Sherri Phelan (BA, Liberal Studies, ’85; Credentials, ’92, ’93), who still organizes local charity events with her sorority sisters and believes play is critical to memory, creativity, problem solving, and building a solid community. Tom Phelan (BA, Industrial Arts, ’84; Credential, ’85) is grateful that the scholarship gives his son more time for himself, and that it has helped the family avoid insurmountable debt—especially now that their second-oldest son joined the Wildcat family this fall. “Fighting something that hard, I’m prepared for college mentally.” —Freshman Brian Harris, scholarship recipient, on fighting T-cell leukemia all during high school Brian Harris’ parents never had the chance to go to college. Together, they’ve influenced him most as he watched them work to support him and his three older brothers. “Seeing my brother go to college and seeing how much easier it was with a degree really inspired me,” said Harris, who battled T-cell leukemia for four years. The mechatronics program was the first thing to attract the 2015 recipient to his brother’s alma mater, and the “super nice and helpful people” convinced him it was the right Traveling from Ukiah to San Francisco for monthly chemotherapy during all of high school taught Harris to juggle school with life’s most pressing challenges. “Fighting something that hard, I’m prepared for college mentally,” he said. Harris graduated at the top of his class and also served as the junior class vice president and participated in the Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) club and his high school’s community service club, Interact. The scholarship helps Harris pay for college expenses and allows him to focus on school without getting a job. “My hopes are to get the degree, connect with new lifelong friends, and just get involved with some organizations,” said Harris, who plans to check out fraternities and “every opportunity there is.” Koch says the committee hopes to inspire more alumni to support students like Phelan and Harris by donating to the president’s scholarship. “It’s very great to help a student in need,” said Harris. “Donors are investing in the next generation of scientists and doctors and teachers. They’re basically investing in the improvement of the world overall.” From ‘The Hill’: Women’s History—and Future Worth Sharing: CEO Magazine Lists CSU, Chico’s MBA Program in Global Rankings Options Abound in Hunt for Student Housing DACA, Dreamers and Immigration: The Expert Explains Restless Dreamers Chico State Today is the official site of California State University, Chico. 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__label__wiki	0.979419	0.979419	Grey's Anatomy Season 9 Finale Scoop: A [Spoiler] Is Coming By Matt Webb Mitovich / April 23 2013, 10:00 AM PDT As Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes previously promised, no man-made catastrophes of the plane crash, bus accident or gunman variety are on tap for the ABC drama’s Season 9 finale. But make no mistake, the staffers at Grey+Sloan Memorial aren’t getting off that easy. RELATED \| Season Finale Scoopapalooza: More Than 100 Spoilers on Your Fave Series’ Endgames, Including Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, The Good Wife, Glee and More! TVLine has learned that a “superstorm” is making tracks for Seattle, broaching the seaside city in the penultimate episode, “Readiness Is All,” and then sending everyone into “crisis mode” for the “intense” Season 9 finale, aptly titled “Perfect Storm” and airing May 16. Rhimes sent Grey’s fans into a veritable tizzy when she tweeted a month ago that everything she previously said about this season’s finale “NO LONGER STANDS,” adding, “We changed everything.” Are you ready to weather this Grey’s calamity? (Is Meredith’s unborn child…?) Sound off in the comments. Want more scoop on Grey’s, or for any other show? Email insideline@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line. TAGS: ABC, Grey's Anatomy GET MORE: Finales, News, Scoop	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4531
__label__wiki	0.884134	0.884134	Fidesz wins two-thirds majority Hungary’s ruling Fidesz-KDNP alliance has won the general elections on Sunday, receiving 134 seats in the parliament, with 98.96 % of the votes counted. Hungary’s incumbent Fidesz-led alliance appears set for a two-thirds majority in parliament with 98.96 percent of the votes counted: 1. Fidesz-KDNP 48,86% (134 seats) 2. Jobbik 19,36% (25 seats) 3. MSZP-Parbeszed 12,26% (20 seats) 4. LMP 6,88% (8 seats) 5. DK 5,54% (9 seats) Small left-liberal opposition party reached only 0.64%, but won in one of the individual constituencies. One independent candidate, and a representative of the German minority also receives 1-1 seat. Orban: Hungary ‘home of the brave’ “Hungary is the country of the brave that made clear to the whole of Europe on Sunday that they want honest and clear speech and want to call the problem plaguing this continent by its name,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban told commercial Echo TV early on Monday. Assessing the victory of his Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance in Sunday’s general election, Orban noted that in the lead-up to the vote, he had urged voters to understand that the election could decide Hungary’s fate “for decades to come”. “I was certain that we were doing it right,” Orban said. “So, if we are straightforward and speak clearly, if we don’t back down … then this nation — when there is danger — will pull itself together and turn out in great numbers and demonstrate a unified will to the world.” “The result is such a success that there is a serious weight of responsibility on my shoulders,” the prime minister said. “We will continue to protect Hungary in the upcoming years” – the prime minister thanked his supporters in a Facebook video. Szijjarto: Security in Hungary ‘top priority’; Halasz announces Stop Soros package The Hungarian government will use the “unprecedented support” of voters demonstrated in its victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election to ensure “security for the Hungarian people”, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told public television M1 on Monday morning. The European Union is unable to find a solution to the migration crisis and “Brussels is trying to make member states handle the security of their own citizens less than a top priority,” Szijjarto insisted. The Visegrad countries, therefore, have decided to continue in the negotiations concerning the United Nation’s migration pact and make an attempt to implement changes to that plan “from inside”, he said. “In light of the 2018 election results, nobody should question public support behind the migration policy of the Hungarian government,” Szijjarto said. After its election victory, Hungary’s Fidesz party could pass a law in May that would empower the government to ban non-governmental organisations that support migration and pose a “national security risk”, a Fidesz spokesman said on Mondayhttps://t.co/3kR4zbu4f1 — Visegrad Insight (@VisegradInsight) April 9, 2018 Fidesz spokesman Janos Halasz told the same broadcaster that his party “did not anticipate such a sweeping victory, but we are very happy about it”. The two-thirds majority enables the government to accept the “Stop Soros” law package, submitted in March, possibly as soon as in May, Halasz said. The “task is great … we have to continue fighting migration, but in the meantime, life goes on, taxes will fall and wages rise,” Halasz said. Vona: Jobbik is united The chairman of the strongest opposition party, Gabor Vona said the result of the election is “sobering”, but Jobbik will not disintegrate. He told Hir TV‘s morning programme that becoming a people’s party is Jobbik’s future. Vona added that there have already been many people who wanted to “bury” Jobbik, but they were always proved wrong, because from election to election, Jobbik has been winning more support. He added that they of course wanted to speed up this process, but they are making progress, in small steps. Source: MTI/Hungary Journal Photo: MTI thehungaryjournal April 9, 2018 April 9, 2018 elections 2018, featured, Jobbik, Viktor Orban Previous Previous post: Fidesz wins big in Hungary Next Next post: Gulyas hits back at OSCE criticism	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4546
__label__cc	0.501016	0.498984	108 Comes for the Rescue of 8 Critically Injured as AP Parivahan Mandal Bus Flipped Over BVG Life Sciences is a University of Agriculture Extension: Chandrakant Dalvi BVG Life Sciences and DICCI aims to Create Farmer Entrepreneurs Private Bus Carrying 40 Passengers Stricken with an Accident in Tamhini Life of 20 Accident Victims Saved by BVG 108 Ambulance Staff Upcoming Marathi Movies 2014 Marathi Movies List Why Alexander Invaded India The Mlive Alexander the Great decided to launch an invasion of India after inflicting the finishing blow on Emperor Darius III of Persia. Historical writers have given detailed accounts of conquests of Alexander the Great in India. But they didn’t tell us about the reasons that provoked Alexander to invade India. The proximate causes of the invasion of India by Alexander may be the following: Alexander had conquered all the provinces of the Persian Empire except the Indian satrapy of the Persian emperor. The easy conquest of Persia and plunder of Persian wealth and treasures increased the desire of Alexander to invade India. The Indian satrapy paid to the Persian emperor a tribute of 360 talents of gold dust. Alexander was attracted by the wealth and prosperity of India. The Indian soldiers who fought under Xerxes in Greece had awakened great interest among Greeks about India. Curiosity, love of adventure and passion for conquest inspired Alexander to march to India. An embassy from the king of had sought Alexander’s help against the neighboring king Porus. Alexander became aware of internal rivalry among the Indian rulers. Historians have also suggested that Alexander wanted to exceed the heroism shown by the mythical heroes like Heracles. The geographers in Greek were puzzled for a long time about the extent of the Ocean. One of the objects of Alexander’s campaign in India was to solve the problem by fixing the extent of the Ocean. Copyright 2019 Bayan \| All Rights Reserved Pixel Lab	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4554
__label__cc	0.59805	0.40195	‘Under the Big Top Fashion Show’ – and some big news for Detroit… June 24, 2015 Dr. Pembroke On Saturday June 20th, the Tangent Gallery in Detroit witnessed ‘Under the Big Top’, a fabulous display of fashion, cabaret and variety talent. Buried in the industrial districts of central Detroit, this unsuspecting location was for one night transformed into a den of marvelous and thrilling entertainment, a timeless representation of art and strange circus wonders. It was also where the Steampunk community was treated to an extremely exciting piece of news… Fashion designers from all over the Midwest congregated to showcase their latest creations, with some designs being unveiled to the public for the first time. The event got off to a fashionably late start as the designers made their final tweaks and adjustments, but the audience was not left unattended as the Ring-Master Boice maintained a rousing and humorous delivery, before the commencement of the itinerary with a song number by the show host Salathiel Palland. Magnificently artistic designs followed one after the other as exciting new couture pieces and accessories were unmasked by alternative fashion designers Ties that Bynde, Kinki Kitty, Silversärk and KMKDesigns. Female and male fashions alike were exhibited by a stream of glamorous models, wowing the audience with the very latest in steampunk, period, neo-vintage and lingerie collections. In true vaudeville style, the fashion displays were interspersed with some fantastic variety entertainment. We were treated to the old-timey shenanigans of Christopher the Big Icky as he prodded, pushed and pulled various objects in, out and around his body, as well as a strange yet completely mesmerizing vocal performance by the sad clown Sartori Circus. A powerful and evocative dance performance was provided by Eva Lynn to the tune of ‘Bottom of the River‘ and the audience was treated to a titillating example of burlesque expression from Leena Mynx Allure. There was even an exciting display of live high-speed hair-styling by the virtuoso Akeem as he attempted to tame the famed ‘wild model’. The pace didn’t slow even during the intermission with fiery hula-fire displays by the talented Brenda Fage, while attendees browsed the sumptuous wares of the various vendors at the event. In all, this correspondent considered this event to be a great success and a delightful evening of wonderful entertainment and artistic expression. Speaking to Stephanie Schultz of Silversärk designs, she remarked that this was a great opportunity to display her work – the events success being testament to the hard work of everyone involved. “It’s a combination of everyone’s efforts to generate the energy needed – which is not easy to do.” Salathiel Palland and the event co-creator Doc D. Williams Colony spoke of several exciting upcoming events, not least of which being the announcement of the new Motor City Steam Con in 2016! This is fantastic news for Detroit and the wider Steampunk community and we’re really excited to watch this event grow. Pre-registration has commenced and an elegant website is already up and running. Join the Motor City Steam Con Fans Facebook group here to keep abreast of new developments, and get yourself signed up for the event that will undoubtedly place Detroit firmly back on the Steampunk event map. Dr. Pembroke – surgeon, physician, alienist; although dedicated to his twisted medical work, his interests are diverse, such a reviewing music, film and events. You can find more of his musings and articles HERE. cabaret couture Dr. Pembroke fashion show vaudeville Costuming & Fashion Other People's Events Teapot Racing at Tesla Con A Report from Motor City Steam Con’s ‘Victorian Salon’ Nov. 5 Yellow Cabaret X – Event Summary	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4556
__label__cc	0.576461	0.423539	Fun: Whack a poll Nats: Pay cuts for you, tax cuts for the rich When did lying become OK? Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 2:40 pm, September 30th, 2008 - 43 comments Categories: election 2008, maori party, Media, national, racism - Tags: On Breakfast this morning, failed National party candidate Paul Henry and Guyon Espiner discussed the possibility of the Maori Party and National working together in a government. Henry: Do you get the feeling National would do anything for power, they would cut almost any deal at all with the Maori Party to get in? Espiner: Yes, pretty much Both seemed sure that National would give up their policy of abolishing the Maori seats in a second. Indeed, they thought National had only put up the policy as a bargaining chip to be given away after the election. Guyon said he detected no personal commitment to abolishing the seats from Key or other senior Nats, despite Key and his fellows being the same people who backed Brash’s racist Orewa speech. Neither seemed to see any problem with this dishonesty and lack of principle. When did it become OK for a party to espouse policies that they intend to never follow through on? 43 comments on “When did lying become OK?” interesting that ‘flexibility of principles’ seems to be a baseline assumption in discussions of Key. Tane 2 He’s not caught up in the arguments of the past. John Key is firmly focused on the future. He is ambitious for New Zealand and he wants New Zealanders to be ambitious for themselves. Dom 3 I guess the issue is, are National supporters ambitious to see the Maori seats gone and if so, will they care when National goes belly up on this promise? It is a promise after all – this is from the Nat’s themselves: “Linked to the settlement of historic Treaty claims is our policy on the Maori seats. At the conclusion of the settlement of historic Treaty claims, National will begin a constitutional process to abolish the Maori seats. National wishes to see all New Zealanders on the same electoral roll.” Bryan Spondre 4 So when did Henry & Espiner start making National Party (secret) policy ? Rakaia George 5 What? Like getting us into the top half of the OECD and cleaning up Government? Draco T Bastard 6 From here: I consider myself a political conservative. The notion that politicians usually act in their own political best interest rather than in the best interest of the nation is close to being a conservative axiom. Sure, he’s talking about US conservatism rather NZ but I do think that there’s a good correlation between the two. They really do think that everyone only ever acts from self-interest. Daveski 7 And if National is inflexible about any of their policies they are not adjusting to the realities of the MMP environment. Surely the horse trading is the very nature of MMP?? Obviously, when Labour changes horses mid-stream, it is for only principled reasons and I completely understand that Labour hasn’t lied or misled voters about their intentions. You would be better served to ask why the Maori party feels increasingly able to work with the Nats. This is partly due to a softening of National policy. It is also due to the way in which Labour has treated Maori in the past, notwithstanding your ability to avoid any criticism of Labour. What happened to closing the gaps? The foreshore? Why shouldn’t Maori aspire to being rich pricks than be patronised as being beneficiaries or low income? These are problems you choose to overlook in given your pre-determined position on any of these topics. As a final point, the thing that has impressed me about the Maori Party is that they have managed to act with greater integrity than all the other parties. Good on them and let’s hope they duly get crowned the Kingmakers travellerev 8 Well, John Key met with Tame Iti in August 2007 in a faraway Marae in the Uruwais. Ooh oops that was only two months before Tame Iti was arrested as a big bad “Terrorist” hell bend on assassinating self same John Key. I wonder what was discussed in that remote Marae. I have heard that John’s been trying to buy this election by offering some key people money but that is just hearsay. Although the person telling me this knows a lot of interesting people. As a useful contrast to SP’s post, try this from the Press: “She has been a great leader; she has done great things for the country,” Dr Sharples said in an interview recorded yesterday for TVNZ 7. “But maybe she is nearing the end of her time.” Recent events in Parliament showed Miss Clark was clinging to power, he said. “She is appearing quite desperate … she is behaving like someone who is really, really desperate to get back into Parliament at any cost.” MikeE 10 Q: When did lying become OK? A: Apparently when one signs their name on artwork that isn’t theres.. MikeE. yeah, a signature on a painting 6 years ago.. that’s the big issue here, not a party lying about its intentions over part of our constitution and the rights of Maori. I seem to remember Clark got hounded for weeks over that signature, whereas Key lying is laughed off Hamish 12 That’s a Tu Quoque MikeE. I would put it down to political maneuvering. It’s just part of politics. The Greens can be seen to do the same thing, especially with GE. They know perfectly well that Labour won’t accept their stance on GE so they neither campaign heavily or highlight it. I’m not saying it’s the most honourable part of politics, but you certainly can’t just blame the National part for tactics like that. As much as you would like to try. economic transformation anyone? Carbon neutrality? Daveski 14 Oops … the link above was from Stuff, not the Press. Just another lying rightie 😉 “The broad aims of my government are…to restore public confidence in the political integrity of Parliament and the electoral process” “It is our objective to establish maximum waiting times for treatment.” (did they ever do this?) Tim Ellis 16 The nature of MMP coalition building is that not every party gets what they wants. The Greens would have dearly loved to include transport and agriculture immediately into the ETS, and campaigned for it for a long time, before backing the ETS without it. Would National like to abolish the Maori seats? I think so, and I think it’s disingenuous go say otherwise. Labour claims to have wanted to push through public funding of political parties as part of the EFA, but reportedly dumped that proposal because NZ First wouldn’t wear it. It’s the job of political parties to announce what they want to achieve and what they stand for. So far National has announced 40 policies. Labour hasn’t released a single new policy this campaign. If National has the numbers to govern on their own, then you can expect that they will attempt to achieve all of them. If they don’t have the numbers to govern on their own, then there are some policies that will have to be compromised. It is clear while the National Party sees the existence of the Maori seats as an anomaly, and their abolition as desirable. But it won’t be the end of the world if, as part of a governing arrangement with the Maori Party, they have to forego that policy. insider. you’re not this thick. There’s a difference between having a goal and failing to achieve it and setting a goal never intending to achieve it.. the first is a matter of practicalities and priorities more than anything, the latter is just dishonest. The party with the most to gain from the abolition of the maori seats is Labour. I would have thought you geniuses would have been able to see the long game and STFU. When we adopted the system designed to stop another Hitler ever gaining ascendancy in post war Germany we were supposed to remove the maorimander. The whole point of MMP is representation for small groups who can get 5%. if the watermelons can do everything by committee and still get back in without special ginga seats why do we need race based seats? saying that I will be giving my party vote to the maori party this time. Sharples principled stand over labourFirst’s attempts to pervert the course of justice was enough to convince me to vote for them. What did I do to require the awaiting moderation classification? Lynn’s got Adolf and Josef’s surnames on moderation… [lprent: yeah there are a number of words there to trap the average troll so I can deal with them more easily the first time they come on.] righto, thanks Steve.. My right wing wingnut paranoia pills need a dosage increase. The National policy stance is: …abolish the Maori seats after Treaty of Waitangi settlements are completed (by 2014) That’s two full parliamentary terms away. Why should it stop a coalition or arrangement for the 2009-2011 term? I think this is absolutely spot on! As with the last election where National voters voted tactically to help get Rodney Hide over the line in Epsom, I fully encourage a tactical vote for the Maori party this time. Remember Tories (as Paul Henry and Guyon Espiner have told us): A vote for the Maori is a vote for the Nats! Robinsod 24 I see lying is ok for Mathew Hooton: The Kingmaker but only one potential King SP I know you’ve said you’re a Green Party supporter, despite barely ever writing about Green issues and despite almost only ever running Labour Party attack lines. But as a Green supporter, I put it to you that the Maori Party is showing the kind of integrity and negotiating skill that has sorely been lacking from the Green Party in the last nine years. The Maori Party have a set of policies that are clearly targeted at their constituency. They are policy goals that are based on their values. They don’t particularly care who is in government, as long as their policy goals are achieved. This gives them maximum power in negotiating the best outcomes for their constituency. They will negotiate with anybody who is able to further their interests. As a consequence their vote is not taken for granted by anybody. They are treated with respect. The Green Party also has a set of policies that are clearly targeted at their constituency, and also appear to be consistent with their values. They have only ever supported Labour, irrespective of how well Labour achieves the Greens’ policy outcomes. They have very little negotiating power, because Labour knows they’re not going to go anywhere. As a consequence, their vote is taken for granted, and they don’t get to achieve their goals. What a breath of fresh air it would be for the Greens to announce a divorce from Labour, set out their bottom-line environmental policies, and announce that they will support any party that is able to achieve them. As a Green supporter SP, is it more important to you that the Greens work to keep the Labour Party in power, or that the Greens achieve their environmental goals? [lprent: Authors write what they want to and when they want to. There have been innumerable posts here over the last year on various aspects of areas that are supported more strongly by the greens than Labour. There have been posts critical of Labour and the Greens and the Maori party. Sometimes they have actually supported Labour, and greens. There have been virtually none lauding the accomplishments or ‘policies’ of National or Act. As various commentators from the right have noted at various points, posters have a strong tendency to focus on the faults of the right. There is a reason for that – we don’t trust the right. Their track record in government has been pathetic and usually actively destructive over the last 30 years that I’ve observed them. They usually screw up everything that they touch. That is what you describe as “Labour party attack lines”. They are not, they’re attacks on the credibility of the right, their philosophy, morals, and general attitudes to anyone who isn’t ‘one of them’. Sometimes we pick up on labour or green lines. Quite often they pick up on ours. That is what the left does. The target during an election period is usually pretty clear – it is the right. Tim – You can pick at the detail of what posters say, be critical of their opinions, and offer alternate explanations, etc. What you can’t do is to try and tell them what to write, when to write it, and what ‘line’ to write it on. Those are the things that if I let commentators get away with, will ultimately cause posters to stop writing – which is why I consider them to be an attack on the site. The ONLY reason I’m not booting you off for attacking a poster (and even bothering to write this) is that you’re usually more sensible. There are a lot of people who comment, and very few people that we let post. I value the latter far more.] A Labour-led government including the Greens is the best way to achieve the Greens’ goals. We’re not stupid, Tim. No-one believes that National gives a damn about the environment or social justice. And, as you know, the Greens have never supported Labour on confidence and supply. The Greens like to pretend thy would work with National, just as the Maori party does but its not going to happen really, it’s just a threat to increase bargaining power. And if you baselessly accuse me of being dishonest about my political alligences again you won’t be welcome here. I don’t say you’re not really a National supporter. It’s just manners. Tim, that would be great. The problem is, you are basing your hypothesis on the greens being an “environmental” party. They are not, the loony left wing is in control of the Greens and has been since they first entered parliament. This is why they can never free themselves of their parliamentary serfdom to the labour party. And the reason the labour party always treats them like the ginga stepchild. Voting for the Greens, Neanderton, Labour and now bauble boy amounts to the same outcome. RPGFirst on one side. Nats, ACT on the other with the Maori party balanced in the middle to negotiate the best possible outcome for their requirements. The Maori party will not enter into a formal coalition but they will extract the maximum amount from those they make King. That assumes that the Nats don’t get enough to need them, I think the Nats will probably get enough to not need them, but they would be fools to not try and work with Turia and Sharples. The more astute will have noticed I did not mention Peter Bland Dunne. He is the proto slut party. He will just go where the wind blows and scrabble around on his knees for an associate big job. Ben R 29 “Brash’s racist Orewa speech.” Do you really think Brash’s Orewa speech was racist? What in it was racist? Even Chris Trotter said it was a speech about equality, not having a go at Maori. Well, if Chris Trotter says so it must be true. BenR, don’t take people for idiots, we all remember the speech, it was clearly racist – it said that Maori had all these wonderful benefits, which was untrue. It was the racist groundswell from that speech that led to the foreshore and seabed act, and the creation of the Maori Party. So Steve, the seabed and foreshore bill is down to Don Brash is it? Perhaps you might like to review the actual speech rather than the talking points about it. Disclaimer, did not like the speech then do not like the speech now. But continually falling back on the “national bad” meme has not worked since you guys started this blog, the polls are not moving and nothing new is coming from labour to make them move. Perhaps a period of introspection is needed, three years should do it. [Labour panicked when National gained 20 points on its racist speech and cravenly tried to look tough on Maori too with the FSA. No speech, no FSA. If you think a blog is meant to or able to move polls, talking to you is a waste of time. SP] I didn’t accuse you of doing that SP, I asked you to comment as a self-professed Green Party supporter about whether it is more important to you for the Greens to achieve their environmental goals or more important for the Greens to support the Labour Party in government. You didn’t really do that. I did say that you very rarely post on Green issues, and appear to be far more interested in mirroring the Labour Party’s attack lines of the day. We had this discussion about a week ago. You said that nearly every blog reports on what the Government is doing. I pointed out the Greens’ frogblog, which clearly discusses Green Party issues. I don’t think I got a response to that. You raised the issue of the Maori Party coalition negotiation strategy, and I compared it to the Greens’ strategy and asked you as a Greens supporter to comment on it. Thank you for the lecture on manners SP. As a point of manners I don’t like being accused of doing something that I didn’t do. I am voting National this election but I haven’t always voted National. I often disagree with them. What I don’t do is tell people I vote for one party and behave like I’m backing another. As for the Greens not supporting Labour on confidence and supply, that is splitting hairs. They have a “cooperation agreement”. They haven’t voted against Labour on confidence and supply issues during this whole term. The only reservation they had to a full confidence and supply agreement was to retain the right to vote with the Maori Party if the Maori Party introduced a repeal of the foreshore and seabed legislation. FFS. There will be no DEAL between Maori/Labour or Maori/ Nat! The Maori Party are looking for a treaty partner, not a coalition partner. THINK about it. So, perhaps they will abstain from confidence and supply or whatever as a way of ‘supporting’ the government. But what they want is not to be a partner in government, but have a government that will be a treaty partner….ie Maori autonomy. How they intend to exercise their autonomous authority will be interesting to say the least, if they succeed in securing it. “BenR, don?t take people for idiots, we all remember the speech, it was clearly racist – it said that Maori had all these wonderful benefits, which was untrue.” I think you’re being far to quick to use the term ‘racist’. I’m not taking people for idiots (people should google the speech & make up their own minds). I do think it’s unfair though to label that speech racist because it questions how the Treaty applies in NZ today. I don’t see how that’s conducive to reasonable debate. bb, I’d recommend having a read of Jon Johansson’s ‘Orewa & The Rhetoric of Illusion’.. Despite facilitating a liberation of language around Treaty and broader race discourse in New Zealand, the Orewa speech contains distortions, attempts at manipulation, and stereotyping of Maori. Brash’s language is both rigid and dogmatic; he makes appeals to abstract creeds rather than offering carefully explained policies. His cultural interpretation is shallow. What emerges from the Orewa speech is a deliberate attempt at agenda control by manipulating race discourse to realign party support. http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/politicalscience.pdf And remember, Johansson’s no leftie academic. He’s a liberal Nat and a long-time friend and confidante of Simon Power. Again from Johansson, this bit on the dogwhistle is very good: When explaining Maori poverty in Wong’s Metro article, Brash described Maori as a â€˜relatively primitive culture’, a phrase he also let slip when pressed by journalist Kim Hill several months later. The emphasis on Maori genocide, sourced to one of the country’s most notable historians, giving it an added cloak of authority, combined with his subsequent references to â€˜primitive’ Maori culture, provide obvious cues described sometimes as â€˜dog whistle politics’ to those who hold latent prejudice towards New Zealand’s indigenous people. Whether intended or not, the Orewa speech reinforced the ignorant and racist stereotype that Maori were â€˜savages’ before the â€˜gift’ of European civilisation was visited upon them. This paragraph was balanced with an explicit acknowledgment that early Europeans escaped convicts, whalers and the like were not â€˜the cream’ of European civilisation either; however, this is where the â€˜dog whistle’ comes in, for the first paragraph feeds an enduring stereotype, but the second does not. Preaching to the choir Tane (but thanks for taking the time to explain it to me), my issue was with the attempt to blame Brash for the seabed and foreshore confiscation. Tenuous. SP, if we are not trying to influence the polls why are we blogging at all? TIM ELLIS…what are you? you come on here and abuse your host and expect to be treated civilly. I think you might be a national toad! Felix 39 Tim don’t be such a pussy. If you’re going to make insinuations and thinly veiled accusations at least have the guts to stand by them. Here, read it again: “SP I know you’ve said you’re a Green Party supporter, despite barely ever writing about Green issues and despite almost only ever running Labour Party attack lines.” p.s. this is where you say “oh no, there’s actually nothing in those words that definitely makes an accusation” as if everyone else is a moron and you’re not. Draco T Bastard 40 Unless they want a civil war – they can’t. Wall St Wanker 41 Bring on the WAR! Felix, Tim thinks sophistry beats semantics. He likes to act the big hearted martyr, and complain that he is so unfairly accused of various sins, while butter wouldn’t melt in his what have you. Over at Hooten’s place I mentioned that head office pressured that paper up north into running the ‘clarification’ on Key’s wages quote. Tim said that he suspected I didn’t have any evidence, and that he thought I was making things up after the fact. A sophist of course will claim that he never called me a liar who was making shit up, but the semantics of his wording says that he thought I was. He decided to express those thoughts and suspicions rather than asking if I had any evidence. His meaning was clear and unavoidable, but I gave him the evidence anyway, and objected to being called a liar, he hasn’t responded to any comment I’ve flicked his way since. However pointed. I’m expecting he’ll claim he didn’t see my reply. I’ve no idea who he thinks he’s fooling with his silly games, but there you go. Personally I’d have a lot more respect for him if he just spoke his mind honestly, he’s not stupid and has some interesting things to say but ruins it with the stupid rhetorical antics. Interesting article by Johansson. Although in terms of his question – is ‘teaching reality’ achievable in contemporary democratic society – it’s not if people immediately reach for the race card to stifle debate.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4563
__label__wiki	0.521756	0.521756	June 29, 2019 admin Other 0 India Vs England match live: India will take on England in their next match which is a boss among the most anticipated matches of the ICC World Cup 2019. In their last game, India squashed West Indies by 125 races to keep their unbeaten streak at the super occasion flawless. It was a clinical presentation by the Indian bowlers which helped India guarantee an objective of 269. Having won the majority of their matches so far in the World Cup, Virat Kohli-drove Team India would need to check the semi-last billet by beating England at Edgbaston on Sunday. Then again, England has lost three matches in the World Cup up until this point and immediately need to win against India. Eoin Morgan and his side will be raring to go as they need to set their situation on the focuses table. Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler could be the key for England in the remainder of the test as both batsmen can score at a keen pace. When to watch India Vs England Live? India Vs England will happen on 30th June 2019. How to watch India Vs England live on TV? India Vs England can be observed live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 2. The match will in like way be open on the HD modifications of these channels. What time does India Vs England start? India Vs England will start at 3:00 pm Indian Standard Time. Where will India Vs England occur? India Vs England will occur in Birmingham. How to watch live gushing of India Vs England? India Vs England can be spilt live on the Hotstar application. Airtel clients can watch the match live on their Airtel TV application. For Jio clients, the match can be gushed live by utilizing the JIO TV App. Rumour About India Vs England India Today had affirmed in the moderately later past that India will wear another Orange-ruled shirt for the game versus England. Britain, who additionally wear a blue-ruled pullover, spare the advantage to hold their first-decision units since they have been separate as the home social event for their five-star struggle in Birmingham. “For convey ICC occasions each taking an interest get-together will be required to suit two arranged hid units, aside from the host nation who has a propensity in the decision of hiding and may, on the off chance that it does in this way, give just one tinted pack to be worn in all matches all through the occasion,” the International Cricket Council had said in a discharge. In the meantime, it was spoken to before that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) picked the hiding mix of India’s new away unit. Covering choices were given to BCCI and they picked the hiding mix that looked the best to them. The entire thought is to be not equal to blue as England additionally wears a near shade of blue as India, ANI referred to an ICC source as saying. While a political war broke over the orange disguising in the India cricket jersey, India’s bowling mentor Bharat Arun had played it down saying the social occasion is focussed on playing cricket in England. “To be clear we don’t have the foggiest thought what tones we will wear, we haven’t given any arrangement to that and all our thought is just on the match tomorrow. We are concentrating on the game and not mindful of the disguising we are getting. We channel blue and blue will be dominatingly the disguising that is it,” Arun had said. Final words on India Vs England Britain’s odds of making the semi-finals and conceivably winning their first World Cup drove forward through a colossal shot when they continued on through progressive thrashings to Sri Lanka and Australia. Eoin Morgan’s social event have India to fight within their next ICC World Cup 2019 experience and all-rounder Moeen Ali is especially aware of the test the essential unbeaten get-together at the test presents. Writing in his fragment in The Guardian, Ali said that Indian chief Virat Kohli will comprehend that he is out to get to him. Kohli, who has scored four a large portion of quite a long while so far at the World Cup, is yet to score a century at the test this time and has England in his sights when they take on one another at Birmingham. Kohli is the second most raised run-scorer for India at the World Cup starting in the relatively recent past.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line4566

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