Improve your business – and your bottom line – by saving energy.
Managing your energy use wisely can improve your bottom line, reduce waste, increase productivity and lower your energy costs. Educating and urging your employees to be energy conscious can greatly increase your success.
Scroll down for low or no-cost quick tips and advice about motors, refrigeration, chillers, lighting, cooling and heating and water heating.
Adjust thermostats or use a smart programmable thermostat. Lower the heat and raise the air conditioning temperature when the building is unoccupied. A smart thermostat will learn your heating and cooling patterns and automatically adjust to your business operations.
Reduce the hot water temperature. Dialing back your water heater can decrease heat loss from your tank.
Install low-flow aerators in sink and bathroom faucets. Low-flow aerators on sinks and faucets will save you energy and water and reduce your monthly bills.
Reduce lighting. Use natural lighting, when available, or task lighting. Only light areas where light is needed and at the right levels for safety or the task. Turn off lights when they're not in use.
Seal cooling and heating ductwork. Seal air duct leaks in joints, elbows and connections, which can account for up to 30 percent of your total energy loss. Leaks can be especially costly if the ducts travel through unheated or un-cooled spaces such as attics, basements or crawlspaces.
Insulate the water tank. Installing an insulated wrap around your water tank is an inexpensive way to reduce standby heat loss from the tank. Be sure to leave the air intake vent uncovered when insulating a gas water heater.
Replace HVAC air filters regularly and follow maintenance schedules for furnace and air conditioning equipment. Replacing a dirty air filter improves air flow and saves you money by reducing the amount of energy needed to run the blower motor.
Install automatic room-lighting controls. Install sensors and timers for lighting that will automatically turn lights on and off, depending on occupancy or time of day.
Maintain refrigeration equipment. Clean heat exchangers and perform routine maintenance on refrigerating equipment to ensure the most efficient operation.
Don't heat or cool unused rooms. Shut doors to unused rooms and turn off the cooling and heating in those areas, such as storage rooms.
Turn off machines and equipment when not needed. In many businesses, this simple approach can achieve big savings. Turn off equipment such as computers, monitors, printers and copiers when they're not in use.
Buy energy-efficient equipment. When buying or replacing computers, copiers and other office equipment, compare the energy requirements of various models and look for the ENERGY STAR label.
Seal exterior cracks and holes to ensure tight-fitting windows. Seemingly small cracks or holes in walls, windows, doors ceiling and floors can add up to heating or cooling losses. Install weather stripping and caulking to stop these air leaks.
Shade sun-exposed windows and building walls. Direct sunlight streaming through windows in the summer can substantially increase your air conditioning costs. When it's hot outside, use window coverings, awnings, trees and shrubs to lower heat gain.
Repaint the building exterior and roof with light colors. When it's time to repaint the exterior of your building, consider using light colors. More sunlight will be reflected away from the building, lowering heat gain and cooling costs, which may be your largest energy use.
Block and insulate unneeded windows and other openings. Aside from improving security, covering unneeded windows and doors can greatly reduce energy losses from those openings.
Consider buying premium energy-efficient motors when installing new motors or replacing existing motors. Premium efficiency motors are 1-4 percent more efficient than standard motors and meet federal minimum efficiency standards. Because many motors operate 40 to 80 hours per week or more, even small increases in efficiency can yield huge energy savings.
Motors should also have the proper horsepower rating for the load and not be oversized. Most electric motors operate at maximum efficiency near 75 percent of the rated load with efficiency tending to decrease dramatically below about 50 percent load.
Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) can be used with motors to help reduce energy costs. VFDs are electronic systems used to control motor speed by changing the frequency and voltage supplied to the motor. VFDs can produce substantial energy savings, especially for varying loads and small reductions in motor speed. For example, a 20 percent reduction in motor speed can reduce energy consumption by nearly 50 percent. Pump, fan and compressor systems with variable loads should be considered for retrofit with VFDs.
Consider installing cogged or synchronous belt and pulley drive systems on motors using V-belt drives. Synchronous belts operate with less slippage and produce less heat than standard V-belts, which depend upon tension for power transmission. Lower tension also reduces motor load and bearing wear. Poorly maintained V-belts slip, generating more heat and energy loss. When properly maintained, V-belt drive efficiency can run as high as up to 98 percent at the time of installation. During operation, however, V-belt efficiency deteriorates as much as five percent. The efficiency of a poorly maintained V-belt may decrease an additional 10 percent.
Check your compressed air system for connection, hose and seal leaks, which can substantially increase run time. Leaks waste energy and reduce equipment life. A compressor system specialist can perform a test that can detect even very small, silent leaks.
Most manufacturers use compressed air systems to power a variety of equipment including machine tools, material handling, separation equipment and spray painting equipment. Instead of using a typical modulating compressor, consider using an air compressor with a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) or Variable Displacement Capacity (VDC). These compressors improve the efficiency of the compressor motor by matching the output needed to meet the full or partial load of a compressor. Many compressed air systems will use two compressors, providing for redundancy and additional flow during usage peaks.
No-loss air drain valves – also known as zero-loss drain traps – continuously measure the presence of condensate and purge it only when necessary. No-loss drains open a valve only when signaled by the condensate level control, making the no-loss drain a more efficient option.
Refrigeration equipment typically uses conventional, low-efficiency, shaded-pole motors. When shopping for new units, look for refrigeration equipment with energy efficient motors, such as split capacitor or electronically-commutated motors. If you don't have plans to replace your refrigeration equipment anytime soon, consider replacing the shaded pole motors with more energy-efficient ones. Since refrigeration equipment operates 24 hours a day, your energy savings from this improvement could be substantial.
Dirty heat exchanger coils can significantly affect the efficiency of your refrigeration equipment. Over time, these coils become clogged with dirt and dust, making the compressor work harder and consume more energy. Make annual cleaning of refrigeration coils part of your regular maintenance schedule.
Cleaning dirty refrigeration coils can save up to 25 percent in operation costs and help prevent early compressor failure. The dust build-up acts as an insulator, causing the refrigerator to work harder to keep food cool. Clean the coils with a vacuum or dust broom or consult the owner's manual for specific cleaning instructions.
For many years, chillers used 1 to 1.5 kW per ton of cooling. However, newer model chillers use only 0.48 to 0.8 kW per ton of cooling and contain refrigerants that do not damage the ozone layer. These high efficiency units are cost-effective replacements for older chillers nearing the end of their useful life, or even for newer chillers that operate for most of the year. A chiller with a SEER of 15 — or its kW per ton approximate equivalent — can provide major savings on your cooling costs.
Most chillers can operate down to 25 percent or even 15 percent of their rated capacity. However, their operating efficiency decreases significantly at these lower capacities. This means that cooling can be very inefficient in the spring and fall, when cooling loads are usually small.
This problem can be corrected by installing a variable speed drive on the chiller compressor motor. For chillers that often run at part load, the savings can be significant. Variable speed drives regulate the frequency and voltage applied to a motor to control its speed and save it from unnecessary work, thus saving energy dollars.
Contact an air conditioning professional to evaluate options for your specific application.
According to the U.S. Energy Administration, offices generally use the most energy for lighting. ENERGY STAR light fixtures use up to 25 percent less energy and distribute light more efficiently and evenly than traditional lighting. A lighting professional can recommend a lighting plan that's right for your office or facility that may include bi-level switching, dimmers, occupancy sensors and daylight sensors.
Retrofitting T12 and T8 fixtures with Light Emitting Diode (LED) tubes can reduce energy use by 40-75 percent, depending on the configuration of the lamps. LED lamps also offer better color rendering characteristics, eliminate light flicker and generate less heat than fluorescent lamps. The reduction in heat also can translate to lower cooling costs.
Replace incandescent indoor lighting with LED lamps, which use 60 to 85 percent less energy. The lifespan of a typical incandescent bulb is about 1,200 hours compared to 25,000 to 50,000 hours for an LED bulb.
High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps are energy efficient but do have some drawbacks, such as long delays for restrike and poor color rendering. High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lamps are a type of HID that give off a yellowish light, while the Metal Halide variety of HID lamps cast a more bluish light with a Color Rendering Index (CRI) in the range of 65-70 (100 is the highest CRI, rendered by sunlight). Mercury Vapor lights are another HID technology with lower CRI than MH.
Older buildings commonly used incandescent lamps in their exit signs. Incandescent exit signs typically use two 20-watt lamps. While the wattage is low, these fixtures remain on 24 hours a day. Replacing these incandescent signs with more energy-efficient alternatives, such as LED units or electroluminescent (EL) signs, will reduce energy use. Retrofit kits with either two 7-watt fluorescent lamps or one 2-watt LED unit will provide the same lighting as the incandescent lamps.
Task lights, such as desk lamps, provide light where needed instead of lighting an entire area. Task lights can be used in overhead cabinets, office workstations and exam rooms. Desk and table lamps add flexibility because they can be easily moved to where they are needed.
Task lights often use incandescent lamps. By replacing the incandescent lamps with LEDs, you can typically reduce energy consumption by 60 to 70 percent. In addition, heightening light levels in specific areas can reduce the need for ceiling fixtures and prevent eyestrain caused by overhead lights reflecting on computer monitors. However, fluorescent lamps have an imperceptible flicker and may cause eyestrain and, consequently, may produce headaches. LED lamps operate continuously and produce no flicker.
If your facility has access to daylight, consider using daylighting controls to utilize daylight in peripheral areas of your business. These controls measure ambient daylight and modify the artificial light levels accordingly. You can also take advantage of daylight by manually turning off lights when there is ample daylight in the workspace.
A smart programmable thermostat will learn your temperature preferences and occupancy times and automatically adjust the temperature to fit your hours of operation. Through proper use and programming, a smart thermostat can save you about $180 every year in energy costs.
Keeping the daytime temperature at the recommended 78 degrees will keep costs down. A smart thermostat also will automatically adjust the thermostat when the facility is unused or unoccupied.
Your air conditioning system needs a tune-up to run efficiently, just like your car. AC systems typically lose up to two percent in efficiency for every year that passes without proper maintenance. This can result in steady increases in your cooling costs.
Proper maintenance includes cleaning condenser coils and inspecting and changing filters regularly or as recommended. Dirty and clogged air filters block the flow of conditioned air and are the most common source of air conditioning service calls. You should also check the refrigerant levels annually and recharge as needed. Consult your owner's manual for proper maintenance of your particular system.
Filters are easy to replace and result in more effective air conditioning. Check and replace your AC air filters monthly or as recommended by the manufacturer.
Unless building codes demand a higher hot water temperature, set the thermostat on your water heater to 120 degrees. This reduces your water heater's energy use and you won't even notice the difference. This also helps prevent accidental scaldings.
Water heaters are usually controlled only by temperature. When the temperature of the water in the storage tank drops below its set-point, the heater turns on until the water exceeds the set-point, even if the water is not used.
Install a timer to automatically shut down the heater at close-of-business and then to restart the unit to warm up just before hot water is needed. Timers can save unnecessary heating costs that include stand-by losses – heat that is lost through the walls of the storage tank.
Heat pump water heaters are extremely efficient alternatives to electric resistance style water heaters, often saving as much as 55-60 percent of water heating costs.
When office equipment such as computers, printers or copy machines are not being used for extended periods (weekends or overnight), the devices should be turned off. You can turn off your computer's display monitor and printer while leaving the main computer CPU on without any adverse effects on the equipment. This typically saves up to 60 percent of the operating costs of the whole computer system. Assign an employee this task, and/or post suitable reminder signage on the equipment.


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California's growth has led to a recent construction boom in rail infrastructure. The engineer-driven design of the contemporary rail-landscape relies upon standardization and expedience and has created an aesthetic of economic practicality. This is almost okay. Some of the best American design has been the result of unashamed technological competence. However, in this age of NIMBYs, infrastructure is seen as a threatening and invasive "other" that homogenizes and irritates. In response, architects and artists have been hired to provide token decoration to appease the neighbors. The resulting architecture is often a poor fit for the infrastructure it is a part of.
Our proposal seeks to bridge between the universal world of railroad engineering, and the desire to express the unique identity of local context and history. This design represents one possible application of this system.We propose a "kit of parts" system of pre-fabricated steel components that can be assembled in a variety of configurations. These elements are proudly of the world of engineering -direct, simple fabrications that are expressive of conventional steel fabrication technology. Upon these structures, contextualizing skins designed by artists and architects can draw upon the salient aspects of a particular community. In this manifestation, graffiti-inspired forms contrast with a glass curtain wall to clad a structure that includes an elevator and stair at one end and an accessible ramp on the other.


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Kuwait Condemns Netanyahu's Plan To Annex Jordan Valley
KUWAIT, Sept 12 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait condemned "in the strongest possible terms" Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's intentions to annex the Jordan Valley, if he wins the re-election, the Kuwait's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
A source from the ministry, said, such an announcement is a "serious and flagrant violation" of the Palestinian peoples' rights, international law and resolutions.
Netanyahu's statement represents a violation of all efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive peace, the source said.
It stressed the need for the international community to take its legal responsibilities, in rejecting this declaration and consider it as "void with no legal effects on the legitimate and historical rights of the Palestinian people."
The source affirmed Kuwait's principled and firm stance in support of the Palestinian issue, to establish an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with international laws, the Arab Peace Initiative, and the international legitimacy.
Netanyahu said, he would annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, right after Israel's Sept 17 election, if he wins it.– NNN-KUNA

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Detta har hänt is het tweede studioalbum van de Zweedse muziekgroep Gösta Berlings Saga. Het album is opgenomen in hun eigen Pelikaan Studio (de band heette eerst Pelikaan) gedurende de periode van 8 november 2008 tot 14 januari 2009. De band werd terzijde gestaan door Mattias Olsson van Änglagård. Het album bevat instrumentale progressieve rock, jazzrock vermengd met psychedelische rock. De band gebruikte daarbij voornamelijk analoog-werkende toetsinstrumenten. Het werd live opgenomen in de studio.

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Gabriel Hermansson – basgitaar
Einar Baldursson – gitaar
David Lundberg – toetsinstrumenten, zoals mellotron en Moog
Alexander Skepp – drumstel

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Muziekalbum uit 2009
Muziekalbum van Gösta Berlings Saga

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The 2014 collection of the Swiss Maison, just back from an amazingly successful presentation at the US - Las Vegas event's visitors, It was displayed for the first time. First of all the new Contograf chronograph, a re-edition of the homonymous creation from the 1960s. Most of the original features have been maintained in the new 2014 edition but there are as well many innovative details: the new ceramic bezel with unidirectional rotation, the deployment clasp Déclic (Patented) and the new Chassis® steel bracelet. The screwed-in caseback is personalized with the inscription "Tribute to Contograf – 1960s", expression of a journey through time interpreting the 1960s in a contemporary way.


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Chipotle's E. coli outbreak possibly caused by biotech industry, declared over by CDC
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 by: Daniel Barker
Tags: Chipotle, contaminated food, biotech conspiracy
(NaturalNews) The Centers for Disease Control announced on Feb. 1 that the Chipotle Mexican Grill E. coli outbreak is officially over. The outbreak, which triggered allegations of bioterrorism and corporate sabotage, has apparently been contained after making scores of people in more than a dozen states sick.
From CNBC:
"Two separate outbreaks of the bacteria were investigated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service and public health officials in several states.
"In the first outbreak 55 people were infected by the foodborne illness in 11 states, of which 21 were hospitalized. The second, smaller outbreak, infected five people from three states, of which one was hospitalized."
Chipotle hopes to regain the confidence of consumers and investors after sales dropped 30 percent late last year, following six separate outbreaks of E. coli, norovirus and Salmonella, which have been linked to the chain's restaurants.
Suspicions aroused
Many observers familiar with the biotech industry's dirty tricks became suspicious about the outbreaks – partly because Chipotle is the only fast food chain in America which has publicly denounced the GMO industry and pledged to serve only non-GMO ingredients, but also because some of the disease strains involved were extremely rare and likely developed in laboratories before being introduced into the restaurant chain's food supply by corporate saboteurs.
One of those who sounded the alarm is Natural News founder Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, who wrote in December, 2015:
"As a clean food advocate myself, I know firsthand of the malicious tactics used by these biotech mafia operations, including tactics of intimidation and terrorism, such as calling in bomb threats to locations where clean food activists are about to speak.
"There is absolutely no question that the biotech industry will resort to ANY activity necessary to destroy food companies that oppose GMOs. And yes, this includes acts of bioterrorism against Chipotle -- something that's ridiculously easy for biotech industry operatives to carry out with simple, low-cost laboratory supplies sold online at places like Amazon.com."
Adams has publicly urged Chipotle to initiate a criminal investigation to uncover the truth regarding the possible bioterrorism attacks on its restaurants by GMO industry goons.
The Health Ranger is not the only person asking questions and urging authorities to investigate the matter more thoroughly.
Experts at a loss to explain 'unusual' outbreak
Even mainstream news sources trying to downplay the conspiracy angle admit that the "unusual" outbreak has baffled experts.
As reported by Business Insider:
"The first reports of E. coli sickening Chipotle customers were revealed in October. Three months and thousands of tests later, health investigators still can't find the source of the outbreak, which has since sickened 53 people in nine states.
"That's unusual, according to several food-contamination experts. In five similar high-profile cases of major foodborne-illness outbreaks over the last couple decades, the source of the outbreaks was determined relatively quickly, according to a Credit Suisse analysis.
"On top of investigations by state and local health officials, Chipotle has done hundreds of internal tests on its food and surfaces without finding a trace of E. coli."
Another Business Insider article acknowledging the corporate sabotage theory revealed that many social network users agreed with Adams, saying they were also suspicious from the moment they heard the reports of the outbreaks.
One such comment was from Facebook user Karen Conklin, who wrote: "I said that to my husband, I knew that Big Ag was behind it! You don't get e-coli in organic foods. Chipotle said they couldn't find anything in the food. Very suspicious!"
Mike Adams wrote: "This act of bioterrorism is entirely consistent with the known behavior patterns of the biotech industry."
Based on its history of attacking clean food activists such as Dr. Oz, not to mention tireless (and often illegal) lobbying efforts along with "intense campaigns of defamation, slander, intimidation and threats," it's not much of a leap to begin suspecting the biotech industry's involvement in the Chipotle food contamination scandal.
CNBC.com
TruthWiki.org
More news on Chipotle
CDC investigation of Chipotle further supports corporate sabotage (bioterrorism) as likely source of E. coli contamination
BAM! Chipotle goes 100% non-GMO; flatly rejecting the biotech industry and its toxic food ingredients
Chipotle becomes first US restaurant chain to voluntarily label GMOs
CDC Chipotle investigation leaves questions of possible food terrorism by biotech industry
Washington Post, Time, Chicago Tribune, LA Times - all propaganda extensions of Monsanto
Vegetarians celebrate as Chipotle decides to drop bacon from its pinto beans
Chipotle sees meteoric rise in revenue and stocks after banning GMOs from menu; McDonald's dies as Americans reject junk food


Trellis track can span far greater distances, in some instances up to 10m unsupported.
Trellis track is much easier to handle for installation engineers, whereas conventional spine track can be unbalanced and awkward.
decreasing the time taken to lift, move and turn equipment.
reducing the required number of operators from three to two.
Enclosed Conductor Bar or Festoon?
Power can be provided to a specific section of the system, or the whole system when required. This is possible because of the ability to power either from the end or the middle of the conductor bar.
An Enclosed Conductor Bar can also provide power to multiple systems at once.
Niko Ltd stock NCL in 64, 78 and 100amp systems, but are also able to provide 140 and 200amp upon request to suit multiple power requirements.
Enclosed Conductor Bar unlike Festoon has no limit to the length of system.
NCL is provided in anything up to 4 metre lengths, ensuring that any size system can be powered.
NCL is also ideal for use around corners, where festoon may snag or become tangled.
NCL is useful for low headroom systems because there is no low hanging cable. This beneficial as a safety factor as no one can get caught up in the cable.
Space saving because there is no bunch up area, this also helps keep the system tidy.
C- Rail Festoon Supports Niko Ltd's range of cable varying from 4 to 12 core, this allows for a large range of power supplies to be supported in comparison to NCL.
Power can be supplied directly to the hoist or remote control rather than a section of the system.
Festoon is the most cost effective method of powering a system, as it can be used for any type of crane.
Festoon can be used on a variety of crane systems including jibs, overheads, A cranes etc.
Sunday 26th June 2011 Here we are all set to leave lands end cold and blowy at the moment but soon turns into a heatwave as we move inland. No major problems to report. Everything going swimmingly. Arrived in the midlands for our first overnight stop at 6pm.
Already very hot, looks like it could be another hot day as yesterday. Black viva suffered loss of alternator bolt,but that was the only issue. Cruised up the M6 no traffic hold ups, approaching the lake district scenery getting better as we are leaving industrial England.
Made it to our overnight stop at Stirling weather deteriorated (got worserer) the further into Scotland we got. But the evening turned out to be fine. This section of the journey was plain sailing,we look forward to Tuesday's change in terrain and more exciting roads.
Tuesday 28th June 2011 Early start from Stirling in bright sunshine, we headed towards Fort William, stopped to take in some of the beautiful scenery.
Encountered some technical distractions with the black Viva.
Once resolved allowed us to enjoy not only the scenery but the excellent driving roads. This took us along the shores of Loch Ness.
Where we stopped for a picnic lunch then on up to Inverness and onward to John O'Groats.
We made it after an 11 hour day. My green Viva continued to perform well throughout the journey with only a blown fuse. This has been a challenging, but enjoyable, trip and I thank my colleagues Danny, Fred and Paul for their support and camaraderie throughout. ALL we have to do now is get back home, this we will do via Edinburgh and the East coast, in time for the Vauxhall, Bedford and Opel National gathering at Billing Aquadrome next weekend.


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The handguns and live rounds that were found during the operations.
A total of six persons are now in police custody, after they were allegedly found in possession of unlicensed handguns and live rounds, during three separate stop and search operations.
The police yesterday said that the operations were conducted between Friday evening and yesterday morning, by ranks on patrol duties in divisions A and D.
The first weapon was found around 7.30hrs Friday, at Craig New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD), in the possession of a 40-year-old labourer, of Buzz Bee Dam, Craig, EBD.
The second weapon, along with 14 rounds of ammunition, was found about 9.30hrs in Third Street, Agricola, EBD. A 22-year-old resident of Curtis Street, Albouystown was arrested in relation to this find.
The third weapon, together with seven rounds of ammunition, was allegedly found early yesterday morning on one of four persons who were intercepted in a vehicle at the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
The suspects hail from the communities of Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD and Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.
The offenders are likely to be charged in the new week.


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Anne Marie Slaughter is the President and CEO of New America, a think tank dedicated to renewing America, and a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. Previously, she served as director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State, the first woman to hold that position, and won service awards from USAID and the Supreme Allied Commander for Europe. Slaughter was also the Dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a professor of international, foreign, and comparative law at Harvard Law School.
Slaughter has written or edited eight books and over 100 scholarly articles. In 2012, she published the article "Why Women Still Can't Have it All" in The Atlantic, which quickly became the most read article in the history of the magazine and helped renew national debate on the continued obstacles to genuine full male-female equality. She was the convener and academic co-chair of the Princeton Project on National Security, a multi-year research project aimed at developing a new, bipartisan national security strategy for the U.S. Slaughter has a B.A. from Princeton, an M.Phil and D.Phil in International Relations from Oxford, and a J.D. from Harvard.


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Q: Perform action based on hash tag in URL On my page, I have:
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A: Something like this should do it. You check the window hash value.
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You might need to add the # in there manually. Forget if it is included in hash value.

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This will run when the document has been accessed and when you click on a link referencing a hash.

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Big story. Small stage. Back by popular demand! Seven actors recreate the story of America's Apollo 11 lunar landing. From the Cold War to Sputnik, from Yuri Gagarin to Neil Armstrong, this action-packed show brings thecompany's tongue-in-cheek humor to a whole new atmosphere - one where the rules of gravity no longer apply.
Ages: Recommended for families with kids ages 10 and up.


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Crispin Glover (New York, 20 april 1964) is een Amerikaans filmacteur, die in het eerste deel van de film Back to the Future de vader speelt van de hoofdpersoon van de film, gespeeld door de Canadese acteur Michael J. Fox.

Vanwege Glovers kritische houding ten aanzien van het einde van het eerste deel, besloten de producers dat hij geen deel uit zou maken van het tweede en derde deel van Back to the Future. De producenten besloten echter wel zonder zijn toestemming archiefbeelden van hem te gebruiken. Glover klaagde hen vervolgens aan, en werd in het gelijk gesteld.

Glover speelt ook in Charlie's Angels.

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Hij speelde onder andere in:

 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter als Jimmy Mortimer - 1984
 Back to the Future als George McFly - 1985
 River's Edge als Layne - 1986
 Twister als Howdy Cleveland - 1989
 Back to the Future Part II als George McFly - (1989); archiefbeeld, onvermeld
 Wild at Heart als Dell - 1990
 The Doors als Andy Warhol - 1991
 What's Eating Gilbert Grape als Bobby McBurney - 1993
 Dead Man als Train Fireman - 1995
 The People vs. Larry Flynt als Arlo - 1996
 Charlie's Angels als Thin man - 2000
 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle als Thin man - 2003
 Willard als Willard - 2003
 Epic Movie als Willy Wonka - 2007
 Beowulf als Grendel - 2007
 Alice in Wonderland als The Knave of Hearts - 2010
 Hot Tub Time Machine als Phil - 2010

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Differentiating the Concepts of Technosphere, Noosphere, and Global Brain
Posted on November 15, 2021 by turnedav
Computer generated image of world-wide internet connections. Image credit: The OPTE Project
David P. Turner / November 14, 2021
The threat of anthropogenically-induced global environmental change imposes a challenge on humanity to reconceptualize its relationship to the other components of the Earth system. Historically, Nature was the background for the human enterprise. It provided unlimited sources of ecosystem services, such as ocean fish, clean air, and clean water. However, as the human enterprise expanded – especially after the "Great Acceleration" of technological development beginning about 1945 – real limits have become obvious.
Because the sum of human impacts on the environment is now global, humanity as a collective must act to self-regulate. Unfortunately, humanity is not at present a collective, and we are only beginning to construct a worldview that is consistent with living within the biophysical limits of the planet. This post examines three concepts that may help move us towards those goals.
The Technosphere
The term technosphere has been used for decades in the field of Science and Technology Studies and is loosely construed as the sum of all technological artifacts on Earth. Often it is credited with having a degree of autonomy in the sense of its growth having a direction and momentum outside of human control. The current difficulty in reducing fossil fuel related emissions of greenhouse gases is indicative of that autonomy.
In the last decade, the technosphere concept has been more formally defined as:
the set of large-scale networked technologies that underlie and make possible rapid extraction from the Earth of large quantities of free energy and subsequent power generation, long distance, nearly instantaneous communication, rapid long-distance energy and mass transport, the existence and operation of modern governmental and other bureaucracies, high-intensity industrial and manufacturing operations including regional, continental and global distribution of food and other goods, and a myriad additional 'artificial' or 'non-natural' processes without which modern civilization and its present 7 × 109 human constituents could not exist.
Earth system scientists now make quantitative estimates of the properties of the technosphere such as total mass and annual energy throughput. The juxtaposition of technosphere metrics like global fertilizer use, with biosphere metrics like global nitrogen fixation, reveals the growing dominance of the technosphere in the global biogeochemical cycles and points to the limits to technosphere growth.
The technosphere is in some ways analogous to the biosphere. Both are globe girdling aggregations of quasi-independent subsystems. In energetic terms, both the biosphere and the technosphere are dissipative structures, meaning they capture and use energy to maintain order. The biosphere changes by way of biological evolution; the technosphere changes by way of cultural evolution.
Humans and their institutions are parts of the technosphere, and human thinking is required to organize the technosphere. But the question about technosphere autonomy, and its possible danger to humanity, remains. Notably, the capitalist economic system that underlies the technosphere thrives on growth. Relentless technosphere growth is in effect consuming Earth system capital, such as biodiversity and fossil fuel, that has accumulated over millions of years. Astrobiologists, who ponder evolution of intelligent life on other planets, suggest that an environmentally self-destructive technosphere may significantly limit (filter) how often sustainable high technology planetary civilizations arise in the universe.
A critical problem with Earth's current technosphere is that due to its rapid and recent evolution, it does not have the kind of feedback loops (as found in the biosphere) needed for self-regulation. Humans are programmed (biologically) to exploit all available resources, but we haven't evolved culturally to understand limits. Haff emphasizes that the lack of recycling within the technosphere (with the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion as an iconic example). Life cycle analyses of all manufactured products, and better monitoring of input/recycling/output budgets (e.g., for aluminum) at the global scale is required for a sustainable technosphere.
Limitations of the Technosphere Concept
The technosphere concept hints that its structure and function can be shaped by humanity, but there is little sense of economic, political, and legal obstacles to global sustainability. The concept does not capture the reflexive capacity characteristic of human individuals and organizations.
The Noosphere
Russian biogeochemist Vladimir Vernadsky (1863 – 1945) was one of the first scientists to explicitly study Earth as a whole. He understood that the biosphere (the sum of all living matter) added an unusual feature to the planet. The biosphere uses the energy in solar radiation to maintain a new form of order (life) on the surface of the planet. That layer of living matter is a major driver of the global biogeochemical cycling of elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Vernadsky emphasized that the biosphere was a new kind of thing in the universe, i.e. a step forward in cosmic evolution.
He also recognized that humanity, as a result of the industrial revolution, had become of geological significance. Like the biosphere, humanity and its technology are a product of cosmic evolution – in this case relying upon an organism-based nervous system capable of consciousness and symbolic thinking. By extension from the existing concepts of lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, Vernadsky adopted the term noosphere for this new layer of thinking matter that could alter the global biogeochemical cycles.
The noosphere as conceived by Vernadsky was just getting powered up in his lifetime. He defined it more as a potential transformation of the biosphere – "a reconstruction of the biosphere in the interests of freely thinking humanity as a single entity".
Vernadsky's noosphere concept lay mostly dormant for much of the 20th century (although see Sampson and Pitt 1999). Around the turn of the century, Nobel Prize winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen evoked Vernadsky's idea of transforming the biosphere into a noosphere. But in this 21st century usage, the issue of dangerous human meddling with the Earth system had risen to prominence and the inevitability of a stabilized noosphere was less certain. Similarly, Turner proposed that an updated meaning for noosphere would refer to a planetary system as a whole in which an intelligent life form had developed advanced technology but had learned to self-regulate so as to not degrade the planetary life support system.
In a slightly different take, noosphere is proposed as a paradigm for an era to follow the Great Acceleration. In this case, the noosphere is still imagined as emerging from the biosphere, but here in response to the threats of anthropogenic global environmental change. The maturation of the noosphere would mean the arrival of a global society that collaboratively self-regulates its impact on the Earth system.
Limitations of the Noosphere Concept
As noted, Vernadsky was writing before the scientific discovery that humanity was altering the atmosphere, e.g., by increasing the concentrations of greenhouse gases. Thus, he did not foresee humanity's possible self-destructive tendencies. His noosphere concept was more about Promethean management of the Earth system than about humanity learning how to self-regulate, which is what we need now.
In most versions of the noosphere concept, the biosphere is "transformed" into a noosphere, hence in its fruition it would physically include the biosphere. However, the biosphere (much of it microbial) will always be capable of functioning independent of human attempts to manage the Earth system. The biosphere could be said to have agency relative to human impacts, which might be a more realistic basis on which to attempt to manage it.
Vernadsky's noosphere was purely physical, but other users of the term have interpreted it more metaphysically, especially Teilhard de Chardin who referred to a purely spiritual endpoint of noosphere evolution. This spirituality and teleology have made the noosphere concept aversive to many scientists (see Medawar in Sampson and Pitt 1999).
The Global Brain
About the same time (1920s) that the noosphere meme was fostered by Vernadsky, Teilhard de Chardin, and Le Roy, the concept (or metaphor) of the global brain also emerged. Novelist and futurist H.G. Wells (1866 – 1946) proposed that all knowledge be catalogued in a single place and be made available to anyone on the planet. His hope was that this common knowledge base might lead to peace and rapid human progress. Given that World War II was soon to erupt at the time of his "World Brain" proposal, Wells was clearly ahead of his time.
Like the noosphere concept, the World Brain concept was not much referred to in the decades following its origin in Well's imagination. However, the late 20th century Information Technology revolution has reinvigorated discussion about it. With rapid build out of the global telecommunications infrastructure, the global brain has begun to be envisioned as something wired together by the Internet.
Systems theorist Francis Heylighen and his collaborators at the Global Brain Institute have devoted considerable attention to building the analogy between the human brain and a proposed global brain, especially in relation to the process of thinking.
Heylighen sees the global brain as a necessary part of an emerging social superorganism – a densely networked global society. His global society will coalesce because information technology now offers a growing proportion of the global population access to a wealth of information and an efficient way to organize production and consumption of goods and services. Rather than totalitarianism, the high level of connectivity in Heylighen's model of the social superorganism stimulates individuals to develop themselves (while still acknowledging membership in a global collective). This model leads to more distributed, less hierarchical, power centers.
How the global brain will think is not well characterized at present. Cultural evolution has always been a form of collective intelligence and the binding power of the Internet now provides a forum for a global collective to exchange ideas (memes). Changes in the frequency distribution of search term or web page usage would be one means of monitoring global thinking.
Collaborative development of the Community Earth System Model is an example of collective thinking on a limited scale. Specialist scientists work to improve the many subsystems of the model, and periodically the computer code is updated based on a consensus decision.
One other intriguing analogy relates to a characteristic feature of the human brain in which it makes frequent (conscious or unconscious) predictions. If they are not fulfilled, a motivation to act may be instigated. With Earth system model scenarios now produced in the context of climate change assessment, the global brain might also be said to be constructing scenarios/predictions for itself. Comparisons of scenarios, or detection of discrepancies between favorable scenarios and how reality is playing out, could inspire corrective action by the global collective.
Limitations of the Global Brain Concept
The analogy of global brain to individual brain is certainly a stimulant to conceptualizing new global scale structures and processes. However, since we barely understand our own consciousness and decision-making processes, it is an analogy that still needs a lot of work, especially with respect to the executive function. In the near-term, humanity needs research and models on how to integrate governance among 8-10 billion people (i.e. what form of institutions?) and how to convince billions of planetary citizens to cooperate in the effort that humanity must make to self-regulate. The global brain concept does not facilitate the coupling of the human enterprise to the rest of the Earth system.
The technosphere, noosphere, and global brain concepts share a common concern with understanding the relationship of the burgeoning human enterprise, including its technology, to the entirety of the Earth system. Anthropogenic global environmental change poses an existential threat to humanity and there is a clear need for a Great Transition involving massive changes in values as well as technology. These three concepts serve as beacons pointing towards global sustainability.
The utility of the technosphere concept is that it refers to measurable entities, and formally meshes with the existing Earth system science paradigm. Given that humans are only part of the technosphere, and a part does not control the whole, awareness of the technosphere argues against hubris. However, the technosphere concept doesn't engage the host of psychological and sociological issues that must be addressed to rapidly alter the Earth system trajectory. It helps reveal the danger humanity faces but doesn't foster a worldview that will ameliorate the danger.
The chief utility of the noosphere concept is its cosmic perspective and aspirational quality. A weakness is ambiguity about what the noosphere includes and how it operates.
The utility of the global brain concept is that it confirms we have the technical means to actualize global collective intelligence, which will be required to deal with the overwhelming complexity of the Earth system. A weakness is a limited model of global governance and a lack of attention to the rapid erosion of the human life support system (the biosphere) that must function well for the emerging global brain to flourish. The capacity of individuals to know themselves, i.e. to reflect on their own behavior and its consequences, can potentially be scaled up to the global human collective. This process will depend on the communication possibilities opened up by the Internet.
The technosphere, noosphere, and global brain concepts will contribute to synthesizing a new model of the planetary future that includes a functioning global society and a technological support system that maintains a sustainable relationship to the rest of the Earth system.
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## July 2022 update

PropertyWebBuilder is now a standalone Ruby on Rails app (it is no longer a Ruby on Rails engine). It has also been upgraded to use Rails 6 and Ruby 3!

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## Motivation

This project has been created to address a glaring gap in the rails ecosystem: the lack of an open source project for real estate websites.

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## Install locally

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## Rails Version

PropertyWebBuilder runs with Rails '~> 6.0'

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These are some features I plan to add over the coming months.  If there is something you need which is not on the list, please let me know.  I am also interested in knowing which of these features I should prioritize.

* Instant price conversions into other currencies
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Armandro Reverón (1889–1954) was a Venezuelan painter and sculptor, precursor of Arte Povera and considered one of the most important of the 20th century in Latin America. While his mental health deteriorated throughout his life, his artistic abilities remained. His house by the northern coast of Venezuela housed the Reveron Museum, although it was severely damaged by the Vargas mudslides in December 1999. He is the subject of various homages in different media, and is remembered for his "muñecas" or dolls.
He began his studies at the Colegio de los Padres Salesianos in Caracas. His maternal great-uncle, Ricardo Montilla, who had studied in New York, teaches him natural drawing and awakens his artistic vocation; his interest in painting was manifest from childhood. In 1896 he was transferred to Valencia after the failure of his parents' marriage. Armando is sent home from Rodríguez-Zocca's family, who took care of his early education.
Under the care of Rodríguez-Zocca's family, Reverón established a close relationship with Josefina, the daughter of the couple, and came to appreciate her like his own sister. The walls of the house were some of the first paintings of Reverón, where he attempted to portray the family maid, Juanita Carrizales. Rodríguez-Zocca's described Reverón´s temperament as "sad, angry and melancholic". At the age of 12 he suffered typhus, which many believe psychically affected him for the rest of his life.
Reverón built several huts in the land that he bought in Macuto, the main hut was his workshop; the walls were timber and the roof thatched. Around his waist he placed a large bag to hold his driftwood-made brushes.
The decision to move also coincided with a change of behavior and a transformation of his artistic concepts. During this period, by adopting primitive habits and detached from the city, Reverón could develop a deeper understanding of nature; this led him to develop his particular method of painting using native elements, and adopting procedures and materials that suited his desire to represent the atmosphere of the landscape under the dazzling effects produced by direct sunlight.
Thus entered what the critic Alfredo Boulton called his Período Blanco, located roughly between 1924 and 1932. The GAN (Galeria de Arte Nacional) possesses an important collection of photographs by Alfredo Boulton of Reverón. These photographs contain a series of Reverón painting Luisa Phelps dated 1930. In 1933, he won a first award to be an exhibition of his work at the Ateneo de Caracas, which was then presented in the gallery Katia Granoff in Paris, France.
In early 1940, he began his Período Sepia, which corresponds to a set of canvases painted on the coast and in the port of La Guaira in which brown tones are dominant in landscapes of land and sea. He subsequently suffered a period of depression following a psychotic breakdown which forced confinement in "San Jorge" sanatorium from "José María Finol". Once recovered, he worked in a different style.
From that moment, he took refuge in a magical universe, around objects and dolls created by him, gave birth to the last and delirious expressionist stage of his work figurative period characterized by the use of materials such as chalk, crayons and a theatrical fantasy that became more and more uncontrollable but, through a drawing that aspired to academic correctness, sought to restore the emotional balance of Reverón.
^ "WikiHistoria de Arte Venezolano".
Elderfield, John; Luis Perez-Oramas; Glenn Lowry (2001-03-01). Armando Reveron. The Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 0-87070-711-6.


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BY CORIN HIRSCH [12.20.11] -- Seven Days
There will still be a cozy pub, a spacious bistro serving unfussy fare and a brewery. But inside the footprint of the restaurant formerly known as the Shed, the new eatery set to open in a few weeks is altogether reimagined.
Inside Stowe's Crop Bistro & Brewery, at 1859 Mountain Road, the rooms are full of the smells and noises of renovation. Its scale speaks to the vision of the collaboration between Tom Bivins, former executive chef at New England Culinary Institute, and Steven Schimoler, longtime restaurateur and food scientist. Schimoler is the former chef-owner of Waterbury's renowned Mist Grill, which closed in 2005.
Many new elements, from the menu to the décor, will draw on the template of a namesake Cleveland restaurant, the 16,000-square-foot Crop Bistro & Bar. Schimoler founded it four years ago, in part as a food lab. It has since won national recognition for its inventive approach to farm-fresh food.
"We'll capture signature stuff from Crop in Cleveland," says Schimoler, who is on his third restaurant launch of 2011 and his 11th overall. Beyond assurance that diners will find locally grown and wildcrafted morsels, he and Bivins are enigmatic on the specifics of the food. They'll definitely introduce Crop's signature popcorns (with such flavorings as sun-dried tomatoes and balsamic reduction) and develop a Crop beef jerky using local supplies, such as beef from Vermont Highland Cattle Company.
Schimoler opened Mist in 1999, long before farm-to-table was hot. "Crop is about food that is local, and that has become a given," he says. "That's what we were doing 15 years ago."
"The goal is for Crop Stowe to have its own food identity," adds Bivins. Diners can choose from a pub menu or a bistro menu served in one of the more spacious dining rooms, or occasionally a "Tour de Crop," or seven-course tasting menu.
As they finalize the fare, the pair have gutted the kitchen. Workers have peeled away the pub floor to reveal wide pine planks. A curved bar adorned with gnarled cypress boughs creates an Adirondack Great Camp feel in the middle of the former dining space, and Vermont photographer Peter Miller's iconic images will hang throughout. Glass will expose the brewery, anchoring a corner of the pub.
A new copper-clad brewery is on order from Germany, and Bivins and Schimoler have already hired their head brewer: Mark Ewald, formerly of Long Trail Brewing Company. Ewald is formulating recipes on his home brewing system, where Schimoler says he sampled "one of the best beers I ever had. I like to think he's an 11 on a scale of 10. He's very accomplished."
Beers will work in tandem with the food rather than overwhelm it — nothing "over the top" or too high in alcohol, Schimoler says. "We'll have traditional Old World styles, such as Kölsch and lagers. We'd like to honor tradition."
Cocktails will draw on the kitchen's culinary prowess. In Cleveland, Crop's libations have such ingredients as rhubarb bitters, coconut foam and fig reduction. "We find ways to get our kitchen philosophy into the bar. I look at it as an extension of the kitchen," says Schimoler, whose son, Steve, will oversee the bar program.
Crop will eventually get a water-conditioning system similar to that of its cousin in Cleveland, which will enable the staff to improve on their well water and possibly replicate the subtle flavor profiles of other waters around the world. That can be a building block for dough and beer, says Schimoler.
Schimoler is confident that Stowe's diverse clientele can support the new establishment, but "You have to earn that trust," he says, and notes that Crop will offer food at various price points. "You can eat for $15 or $50. Local food doesn't have to be expensive."
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'Oh, My God': Mom Run Over While Trying To Stop Man From Stealing Girl Scout Cookie Money
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WASHINGTON (CBS Local) — A mother of triplets says she was run over by a car as she tried to stop a man stealing $1,500 of her children's Girl Scout cookie money.
Traci Brown of Washington, D.C., says she was helping two of her triplet daughters sell Girl Scout cookies to passersby Monday afternoon in front of their Capitol Hill home when two customers offered bills of $100 and $50.
The customers needed change for the big bills, so she went in and brought out a money bag, made the sale, and then stashed the cash in her car.
"I put the bag of money up under the passenger seat," she told WJLA.
Brown was dealing with one of her daughters when a helper suddenly called out that a man was stealing the money.
A man in D.C. allegedly stole at least $1,500 from two little Girl Scouts selling cookies, and ran their mom over with a stolen car when she tried to stop him. https://t.co/7Lac6OhYhs
— WDBJ7 (@WDBJ7) March 11, 2020
"I was like, 'Oh, my god.' So, I tried to grab him by his dreadlocks, and they slipped out of my hands. So, I ran around the front of my car and tried to, unfortunately, foolishly, take the money from him," she said.
Brown said she was wrestling with the man, trying to get the money back, when he knocked her down. She says he then ran over her with a white Hyundai as he made his getaway.
Fortunately, she was not seriously injured.
"The kids shouldn't be seeing stuff like that, and no one should be stealing from the Girls Scouts," she said. "This is a charitable organization. It's not even me or my money. And now I have to figure out how to give the Girl Scouts their money back."
Brown says the bag had so much money in it because she had meant to turn it in to the Girl Scouts representative at church on Sunday but missed the woman.
It's not clear what happened to the thief. Brown says police told her the suspect's vehicle had been stolen minutes earlier after its driver left it running outside a convenience store.


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Shami's shamefully shameless sham
By Alan | July 1, 2016 - 11:40 pm | July 2, 2016 BBC bias
So Shami Chakrabarti has had her anti-Semitism inquiry and held a press conference to astound the world with its findings…apparently, and I paraphrase the BBC, there isn't much to worry about. Labour is an anti-Semite free zone. Pretty much. Apparently.
The Labour Party is not overrun by anti-Semitism or other forms of racism but there is an "occasionally toxic atmosphere", an inquiry has found.
Curiously the BBC makes no mention of the attack on a Jewish Labour MP by one of Corbyn's Momentum Blackshirts only referring to a media scrum at the end of the event..no suggestion as to why there was a media scrum such as Corbyn not defending a Jewish MP at his own inquiry into anti-Semitism…couldn't make it up could you? The BBC doesn't bother, it just ignores it here in its 'analysis' [LOL]….
There was a melee as the Labour leader was pursued out of the room by reporters and photographers.
And some of those attending were left bemused by Mr Corbyn's comments appearing to liken the actions of the Israeli government with those of so-called Islamic State.
The comparison was no doubt unintended but it was a reminder of the huge challenge facing the party if it's to encourage debate yet avoid causing unnecessary offence.
So Corbyn didn't intend to make such a comparison of Israel with the Islamic State…yeah right…Corbyn has form on this….remember his 'friends' comments about the Islamist terror groups…..watch the video and Corbyn's excuses for what he said ring hollow as he says Hamas is a peace-maker dedicated to the good of the Palestinian people and is not a terror group….
Corbyn definitely did compare Israel to the Islamic State and other terrorist organisations (not Hamas obviously!) and Shami Chakrabarti herself in her attempt to explain away Corbyn's remarks made exactly the same comparison as she said that what was being compared was Jews being asked to justify Israeli actions and Muslims being asked to justify the actions of Muslim terrorists….in other words she compared Israel to Islamic terrorists just as Corbyn did.
Why can the BBC not produce an analysis that suggests the inquiry was a total whitewash...the Telegraph can….
Anti-Semistism a report a 'whitewash'
Jonathan Sacerdoti, director of communications at the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, has said Labour's report was a whitewash and attacked Mr Corbyn.
He said: "It did not examine the disgraceful cases of anti-Semitism in the party, or their even more disgraceful mishandling by the party leadership, including Jeremy Corbyn, who presides over a regime of the lightest slaps on wrists for even the most offensive and deliberate anti-Semites.
"Inexcusably, the inquiry proposes making it harder to suspend anti-Semites and keeping suspensions secret so as not to affect elections.
"Additionally the inquiry dismisses any claims of anti-Semitism arising from sharing a stage with anti-Semites, and suggests that any anti-Semitic incident coming to light after more than two years should not be considered – a limitation period so short it has no parallel in any other disciplinary regime that we are aware of.
"Apart from imploring Labour activists to stop calling Jews 'Zios' or accusing them of supporting Nazi policies, this inquiry is a vague, meaningless whitewash that will do nothing to rid Labour of anti-Semitism or address the total absence of leadership it has shown on this issue.
"For Jeremy Corbyn to compare Israel to Isis during his event dedicated to anti-Semitism only goes to show just how little grasp he has of this pressing problem for his party."
Justin Webb tackled Chakrabarti on Corbyn's comments on the Today programme but he made no comment about her own remarks as she in effect also labelled Israel a terrorist sate…and no mention by Webb of this revealing bit of film from the end of the inquiry press conference that shows Corbyn on very friendly terms with the same man who attacked Labour MP Ruth Smeeth, he knows him so well that he has his phone number…..
Turns out Chakrabarti is quite the loyal little lapdog as she unquestioningly defends her new found master…just as she praised and defended the Islamists of Cage.
20 Responses to Shami's shamefully shameless sham
I must thank Shami Chakrabati. When she was running Liberty, we could only deduce by her actions that she had to be a left wing Labour stooge. It was nice of her finally to confirm that we were right all along.
barry69 says:
On BBC speed dial as well.
Demon says:
I thought there would be a whitewash with only minimal disciplinary actions taken against a few nomarks. The reality is that the whitewash went beyond even my expectations and is so complete they are not even doing that. This is compounded by the leader and chief investigator who are adding to the anti-semitism of the Labour Party and proving all its critics right.
Next there will be an investigation by a BNP member into allegations of racism in the BNP. The conclusions will be that there is no racism in the BNP and that Nick Griffin does not have a racist bone in his body.
John Bull says:
Nick Griffin may well be a racist, but he was the first to expose grooming of young white girls by Asian men as far back as 2002. The establishment accused him of being racist then, took him to court and near bankrupted his party and he was shouted down by the political elite/liberal left and totally ignored by the police. However he was right, Asian men were grooming young white girls as far back as 2002 as we are all now aware and there have been several court prosecutions over the past two years. I don't remember him receiving an apology for being correct by the media or from his many opponents, or the police for that matter.
obc says:
I certainly remember Nick Griffin on Newsnight, it must be at least seven or eight years ago (maybe even a decade), talking about grooming gangs. As he started to talk about it the camera pulled away, Paxman put his fingers in his ears going lalala-lalala and the BBC went in to full "nothing to see here mode."
G.W.F. says:
Shami had to walk a narrow path. Could not risk offending the Labour supporting academics in the yoonies who are boycotting Israel, could not risk offending the new gneration of moslem councillors and Labour Party supporters. So it had to be a whitewash.
With acknowledgements to Mel Brooks.
Wild Bill says:
As soon as she got the job of doing the inquiry I knew it would be a scam, she is a shameless hard left loony and has joined the Labour party, she isn't a muslim by birth but might as well be, who appointed her to do the inquiry?
How about an inquiry into anti-semitism at the BBC ? That could be her next job !
She could ask Balen for advice on making sure the press conference goes well, at least in terms of BBC coverage and transparency.
I have to wonder if the decision to label the report the Shami Chakrabarti Inquiry instead of something descriptive as 'Investigation into Allegations of Antisemitism in the Labour Party' was her ego trip or the party's PR advisors?
There should be a Shami Chakrabati Enquiry. It needs to investigate her suitability to produce an unbiased report into the blatant anti-semitism of the Labour Party and its leaders when she shows the same anti-semitic signs and is a member of the organisation she is investigating.
EUKitemark says:
Meanwhile Jeremy demonstrates his cool calm….not yet reported on the BBC for some reason:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/02/jeremy-corbyn-urged-to-retire-with-dignity-as-hard-left-recruit/
ON a previous blog, somebody asked what got the Labour MP so upset at that "Anti-Semitism" Launch of theirs.
This black activist for Momentum..there`s a group he leads,…is called Marc Wadsworth.
He uses his question to Shami Corbyn to accuse Ruth Meetch of passing ammo to the Telegraph , and Corbyn lets her leave in distress..and texts him later or such.
A nasty incident-and the Standard give us the clear picture of what Wadsworth said.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/activist-who-left-mp-ruth-smeeth-in-tears-over-antisemitism-refuses-to-apologise-a3285471.html
Mike Hunt says:
Thanks ChrisH… According to the LBC, Marc Wadsworth has been expelled from the Labour Party – that was kept pretty quiet, wasn't it?!?
http://www.lbc.co.uk/labour-antisemitism-row-momentum-activist-expelled-133142
No probs Mike-appreciated your help too!
The BBC managed to make a saint out of Nick Griffin as did Channel 4 too I`d have thought.
So how EVIL then is the BBC if twats like Griffin come out as angels by comparison?
And-again in Gods kingdom-you`d think that Theresa May was judging, hounding and bullying Tommy Robinson wouldn`t you?
But the worm has turned…and , as things stand ; Savile will be much higher up in the queue than the lowest BBC grifter who`s daring to defy the will of the people at the moment.
The question could not have been clearer and easier?…so why the hell is Osborne still hanging around as if we care for his economics or his address book…he has to go Andrea!
It's taking Corbyn and company a helluvah long time to decide what to do about anti-Semites Nazi Shah and Ken Livingstone. I suppose they'll delay and delay and then quietly readmit them to the party.
We can't expect the BBC to acknowledge it but the Daesh-Israel equivalence is so commonplace in Left-Muslim circles that Corbyn probably didn't even realise how offensive it is. Israel is constantly, obsessively and it should be unnecessary to say completely falsely demonised in the United Nations, European Union and the pages of much of the media. So much so that the sheer volume of calumnies would lead to the conclusion that both groups were equally evil.
If one reads the Guardian or the Independent; watch the BBC or hang out in left wing circles, all three of which Corbyn and Chakrabarti probably do the idea that Israel is not just evil but the greatest evil on the planet has become common wisdom. Israel can do no right. Many of Corbyn's friends, in and out of the Labour party, certainly think so. It is no surprise that the Labour leader has internalised it.
Unfortunately the 'explanation' that one shouldn't judge all Jews as supporters of (bad) Israel or all Muslims as supporters of radical Islam falls flat. It is true that many Muslims oppose Daesh for a wide range of reasons. Possibly even most Muslims.
However Muslim support or lack of support for Daesh is nothing as blanket as Jewish support for Israel. Overwhelmingly Jews throughout the world and certainly in the United Kingdom identify with Israel. According to a 2015 survey 90 percent of British Jews support Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, 84 percent feel a "deep sense of pride" in its achievements in art, science and technology and 93 percent say Israel plays a part in their Jewish identity (73 percent say an "important" or "central" part). Jewish opponents of Israel receive publicity far beyond their actual numbers or influence.
The Corbyn rationale seems to suggest that good Jews are those who stand against Israel which in practical terms demonises most of Britain's Jews. In what way is this an improvement on his original statement?
The argument is explored in more detail in Laboured analogy on Five Minutes for Israel.
British academia is now so infected with anti Semitism that it cannot be overcome. It seems to be a descent into irrationality that probably presages the decline of civilised values in the West.
There are a few who stand against it but it is spreading and with that particular viciousness that characterises neo left behaviour ( re Corbyn and hos followers ) it is as self righteous as it is irrational.
Israel needs to be on guard against the Western liberal elites. They cannot be trusted and should be countered at all times .
Personally I would expel the BBC from Israel and consider whether diplomatic relations with many Western nations are really worth investing time and effort in.
So now, as we all know thanks to Chakrabarti's "report", no one in the Labour Party hates Jews any more than is absolutely necessary. Well that's alright then.