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Letters, October 19, 2012
Hope to improve railway station
I READ with interest the plans to set up TeamGY, October 6. The particular points that caught my attention were the reference to the volunteers at the Olympics and Paralympics and the suggestions to become involved with Greater Anglia to implement changes at Yarmouth Rail Station. I hope the ideas will complement work we have been doing at Great Yarmouth Community Trust in conjunction with Greater Anglia.
Since the takeover of the rail franchise in February, the Trust has been working in partnership with Anglia on initiatives to upgrade the experience for the rail traveller. The first was our Welcome Host scheme which provided incoming passengers, during the holiday season, with information and advice. Our Welcome Host' were trained to the same standard as the Olympic/Paralympic volunteers so there is an immediate connection with the TeamGY aims. The initiative was so successful it was nominated for a national award.
We are now in discussion with Anglia on an upgrading of the Host service for next year and the improvement of various facilities at the station. These would include a number of the items that were pointed out in the TeamGY article.
To achieve these aims we would welcome both working in partnership with all interested and the recruitment of volunteers to progress to a successful outcome for all in Yarmouth. Contact me at the Community Trust on 01493 743000.
TONY ROZIER
Great Yarmouth Community Trust
Learning to obey rules at school
WHAT an interesting reflection of the times in which we live is the article in this week's Mercury about the 13 year old girl who "….has reached deadlock" with Ormiston Venture Academy regarding her refusal to remove something called a "tongue bar".
Unfortunately, this young lady will eventually have to learn one of the reasons our society runs reasonably smoothly is because of rules and responsibilities which one cannot pick and choose whether to obey or accept. It used to be that one's school was the place to start that learning process and parents would actually support a school in helping their children achieve this understanding. Not today it seems!
One might ask exactly what message her mother's support is meant to be sending out; that it's okay in life to ignore rules if you don't happen to agree with them?
Banning piercings is not a trivial rule. In the event of an injury occurring I can well imagine the furore and the cries for blame and compensation against the Academy.I sincerely hope, for Kyde's sake, that Ormiston Venture Academy does not back down or compromise on this.
DENNIS J BEAN
Burgh St Peter, Beccles
Get cyclists out of town centre
I THOUGHT Great Yarmouth Market Place was a pedestrian only zone between 10am and 4pm. My reason for asking is I am getting fed up with having to dodge speeding cyclists who expect the walking public to get out of their way. Will the police and market wardens please do something before someone gets hurt?
N S WILLIAMSON
Parkland Drive, Bradwell
Empire letting down seafront
HAVING some friends come and stay at the weekend, I took them into Great Yarmouth, and we walked along the seafront. I told them that a lot of money had been spent on improving it, and then we came to the Empire; what a disgusting state that beautiful building is in. The front steps and top level are covered in pigeon droppings and feathers; the building itself is just being left to rot.
Someone on the borough council should instruct whoever owns that building to restore it to it's rightful state. It is an eyesore in the middle of what is now an attractive front.
R TWITCHIN
Not recruitment for forces of evil
IN response to E Barkhuizen's letter: "…Hallowe'en again." I feel I must comment on the general tone and detail of this letter, almost it seems designed to have parents and carers diving for their bibles at this time of year. But wait! How many of your readers believe in either God or the Devil?
How many will feel inspired to cavort (with evil intent and cackle) around a bonfire a la nude? Because Halloween, far from being some sort of Satanic rite, designed to provoke fear and recruit evil doers, is a pre-Christian festival. One that celebrates the final harvest home with no reference to the dark lord and his minions.
In fact, if E Barkhuizen had taken the time to do a little research he/she will have discovered most pagans and practicing witches don't actually believe in Satan. Could I also point out that Wicca is a faith of witches… but that not all witches follow Wicca.
In this time of economic depression, where joyous events such as the Jubilee and Olympics are eclipsed by reports of poverty, it is a small escape for children to be able to escape all that and so a little harmless fun, under adult supervision and a little celebration to echo autumnal festivals of our forebears is hardly the recruitment drive for the forces of evil.
Olive Road, Great Yarmouth
Christ would be condemning
YOUR correspondent Mr Allcock cannot understand why I say Cobholm Church is not fit for purpose. I was brought up C of E, my church encouraged me to put on my uniform and kill Germans. Germans were encouraged by their clergy to put on uniforms and kill the British. Christ said we should love our enemies and do good to them that hate us. Both sides in the war claimed to be Christians. Christ would have condemned them out of hand as he did the religious people of his day.
PHILIP KNIGHT
Wherry Way, Great Yarmouth
�5m for Syria, �10m less for us
WILLIAM Hague chose to announce during the Olympic Games that �5m of taxpayers' money was to be given to support the Syrian rebels. I wrote to our MP Brandon Lewis to ask if he would explain to me, and voters in Yarmouth, why taxpayers' money was to be spent in this way. So far he has not replied.
It seems strange that �5m can be spent this way when people are losing their jobs in Yarmouth as the borough seeks to cover a �10m shortfall in government funding.
Our MP should be expected to comment.
Common Road, West Somerton
It's a broken UK, Mr Pickles
I HAVE just had the privilege of watching Eric Pickles. He has told the Tory conference to go and canvass all the council tenants in their areas that there is a new right-to-buy campaign. What a joke. I cannot remember the time that a Tory candidate canvassed and consulted any of the council tenants in Cobholm, Newtown, Middlegate or the Barrack estate.
The right-to-buy programme has given many people their own home, but it has also left many without a home, Mr Pickles. In times of hardship people need hope of a reasonably paid job and a roof over their head.
In broken Britain 2012 we have students unable to afford to go to university, cuts in public sector jobs and Etonians running the country. Mr Pickles said in his office he has a bust of Disraeli, a picture of Winston and Margaret and a portrait of Che Guevara.
Glad you remember Disraeli Eric, most people did not have a home then, children worked at eight, were sold to baby farmers in poor areas, life expectancy was low. Glad you remember Margaret Thatcher: the privatisation of electricity, water, steel.
When I get my electricity bill I remember Margaret, poll tax riots, and the Tories removing her because she had become unelectable.
RICHARD HUDSON
Clarendon Drive, Martham
Catholic Saints day is holy day
THANK you for allowing Mr E Barkhuizen to draw attention to Halloween and his woeful ignorance about the Catholic Church. Halloween is the eve of All Hallows and not a feast day.
In the Catholic Church, All Saints (Hallows) is a holy day when members of the Church are remembered for their discipline and rigour in observing the rules and practices of the Christain way of life. They are an example to us, not to worshiped or idolised in any way that would break the second Commandment.
With regard to the colourful and grotesque tat available at this time of year, let's see it for what it is, namely a commercial opportunity imported from America via the factories of China.
MARIA BROWN
Boat Dyke Road, Upton
Disgust over pigeon cruelty
IN response to the letter (October 5) concerning the pigeon. I was disgusted and heartbroken with the person who deliberately tortured and killed a helpless, beautiful pigeon who was doing no harm.
It seems to me the action is how society is becoming; no one cares, authorities, council workers, passers by etc. I love all creatures, birds in particular as they get a raw deal – spikes on lamp-posts, nets around buildings, anything to deter them. They are not vermin. People who drop litter, maim, lie, torture, take drugs, steal, leave dog poo about are vermin.
Name and Address withheld
Cost forces mum out of day centre
HOW do I tell my 94 year old partially sighted, disabled mum she can no longer afford to go to the day centre that she loves so much. A bill for �120 has just hit her doorstep for two days a week at a day centre. Charges have gone from nothing to �15 a day plus �5 a day for her dinner.
Sadly, with the rising cost of gas and electricity and the fact she has to pay for care three times a day it is unlikely that she will be able to afford the day centre any more. Being disabled myself it took some preasure off me for two days knowing she was being looked after by caring people and getting a hot dinner.
On enquiry I have been told it's due to goverment cutbacks; they certainly hit where it hurts: the old, disabled and vunerable every time. I asked if everyone has to pay and if so, what future has the day centre? None, if everyone pulls out, leaving more people out of a job. If you are one of the privileged few, things are not so bad, but if not, times are hard and destined to get harder.
Occult practices hateful to Lord
THANKS to fellow Christian Hank Allcock for his support regarding my Mercury letter of October 6, which warned of the perils of Halloween.
Here's what the lord God says: "There shall not be found among you anyone who ... practises witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who does spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord" (Holy Bible, Deut. 18:10–12).
So if occult practices are hateful to the Lord Jesus, how does He view it when you dress your child as a witch or devil, or go to a Roman Catholic Halloween party?
E BARKHUIZEN
Albemarle Road, Gorleston
Charity autumn fair in Minster
WITH the Town Hall still undergoing the finishing touches to its facelift, the ladies of Inner Wheel of Great Yarmouth will be holding their Autumn Fair in the Minster Church of St Nicholas, situated as it is in the centre of the town at the end of the Market Place.
On October 24, a grand charity Autumn Fair will take place from 10.30am to 2.30pm. This will be a chance to support the upkeep of this magnificent building and the president's chosen charities: Dogs for Deaf People and Diabetes UK.
There will be jewellery, novelty towels, second-hand books, fruit tom bola, �1 stall, cakes and raffle. Why not leave your shops, offices, banks and join us for lunch, coffee, or just a chat with friends? Take this golden opportunity to visit your Minster and at the same time support these worthy causes.
MARY COLEMAN
Thurne Rise, Martham
Readers were left in the dark
HAVING read the front page item of the Mercury, October 12, I have every sympathy with landau driver Mr England.
The article seemed to go into great detail in respect of what the council did or did not do in respect of granting the licence, however the article did leave the reader in the dark with regards to which part of the law requires that the driver of a horse-drawn carriage requires to hold a licence to drive a motor vehicle. I look forward to reading, in your excellent newspaper, an explanation of this particular statute.
L W TURNBULL
Staithe Road, Martham
Tourist chiefs made lousy deal
TOURIST chiefs state the need for more foreign tourists, in last week's Mercury. Would these same tourist chiefs be from Norfolk County Council and Great Yarmouth Borough Council that made such a lousy deal in 2007 regarding our port.
If they had kept to the plans sold to the electorate as made by the GYPA in conjunction with Norfolk Line and Brown and Root, we would now have our own continental ferry service that would enable us not to have to induce tourists from London.
But no, these same people had to snatch the first offer to build the outer harbour, not thinking of how their actions would affect our future. The new owners stated in this paper ferries are out of the question for years to come.
In last week's Coastline supplement aerial photographer Mike Page's pictures show the completely empty outer harbour, as it has been since the end of July. I like the little touch the paper did in adding a very old picture with the windfarm ships in.
It's about time the councillors, officers and the various newspapers started telling the truth about the waste of our cash, instead of all the make believe that happens now that gets us nowhere in reducing unemployment.
JOHN L COOPER
Burnt Lane, Gorleston
Parish council aware CPO lost
RE the article Mercury, October 12, regarding the loan made by GYBC to Hopton Parish Council.
HPC have been aware since April 2010 the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) inquiry had ruled against them and they would be liable for costs. Since then residents have asked at numerous parish council meetings whether the extent of costs/expenses had been determined but were constantly informed this information was "confidential".
HPC announced at a meeting on April 16 that costs/expenses amounted to in excess of �28,000 of which approximately �8,500 had been paid. This information was only divulged following a resident's enquiry via the Freedom of Information Act.
At the April 16 meeting the chairman announced: "Reserves have been maintained for this purpose".If reserves have been maintained since April 2010 why was the loan from GYBC necessary? If HPC knew two years ago they were liable for these costs why did they not undertake stringent budget cuts like any prudent business/household would do to cover this?
What HPC seem to fail to understand is that residents concerns over a long period are not primarily because the CPO failed but the constant "secrecy and confidentiality" regarding the issue of costs, which was in the public domain via the Freedom of Information Act.
RON BROWN
Sea View Rise, Hopton on Sea
Smokers had all the wheelchair
ON Wednesday last week, I took my terminally ill husband to his pallative care clinic and tried to get him a wheelchair, as clinic is on the first floor and he has to walk, very badly i might add, on two sticks. But again for the second time no wheelchair was available.
This got me going for starters but then what made me really see red was to see people outside, where they are not meant to be, smoking and sitting in the wheelchairs. Well I'm sorry, but if they can get themselves outside and are healthy enough to smoke at least they could leave the wheelchairs to the people who could really do with them.
SUE GIBBS, Gorleston
X Factor clones will prevail
WHAT sad, sad news that Better Leisure (Prism Records), the last in a long line of independent record shops in the town centre is to close. It's not entirely surprising given the change in shopping habits, some day soon there will only be the "One Stop Shops" and Amazon left in the retail sector. I refuse to purchase music from Amazon for this very reason.
The loss of one of my, and several other like-minded souls, favourite lunchtime haunts is a blow. The lively discussions with Malcolm and his very knowledgeable staff, the recommendations made to my music library and no doubt dozens like me will be missed.
Music affects all of our lives either by the choices we make at stores like Prism or more likely subliminally when we watch TV.
Without independent record stores the likelihood of another Sex Pistols emerging or Frankie Goes to Hollywood or British Sea Power will be seriously diminished, instead it will be the X Factor clones and similar "muzak" will prevail. It will be a very sad day with those choices reduced to those we are "influenced" to buy!
Best wishes and good luck to Malcolm and all the guys, thank you for all the music!
DUNCAN MALLETT
Binsley Close, Horsey
Remember the dead in Cyprus
IT will soon be the time for us all to think about those who served and those who lost their lives in the two world wars and the many conflicts we have been a part of. I would like to remind you all of the conflict we, the British, were involved in from 1st April 1955 to 24th December 1959. That was with Cyprus. The Ministry of Defence has never reported any names of personnel killed – they think it's about 104 but I am informed it is well over 360. No memorial or honour rolls exist in this country.
I would like to see a mention of this conflict in the Civic Remembrance Service later this month as previous mayors have failed to do so. My thoughts will be with you all.
LEN MARRABLE
Rules teach of consequences
IT is unbelievable a mother knowing the rules can still let her 13 year old daughter break them by letting her have her tongue pierced. The principal, staff and pupils of the Ormiston Venture Academy have done an excellent job in turning this school around from one that nobody wanted to have their children in, to one that now parents have pride in their children attending.
Part of the Ormiston success was that the principal brought in rules to teach the children respect, enabling them to live in society knowing their actions will have consequencesi and to teach them to except the outcome.
The rules were in place, and the mother was well informed regarding them, why her daughter could not wait a few more years when it is not the school's responsibility, I cannot understand.
She could then pierce whatever she likes.
Her mother states she is a student nurse, does she realise the NHS has a strict standard of dress code for its nurses, does she intend to conform to this when she qualifies.
S HOWLETT
Action taken for best of reasons
I READ with dismay the article in last Friday's Mercy regarding Hopton Parish Council. I have been attending meetings as a member of the public since 2006 and was present when the piece of land next to St Margaret's Church was discussed.
The article didn't state:
1 The church was in danger of losing �30,000 of an initial grant for repairs if the land next to it was not cleaned up (see council minutes July 2007 item 10).
2 The council had already spent 18 months trying to contact the landowner and negotiate with him to bring the land into better shape. (see PC minutes August 2007 item 13).
3 It didn't state that GYBC gave its full support to Hopton PC regarding the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO).
4 At no time were any objections raised by the public in the public forum regarding the CPO at that meeting or the subsequent meetings regarding the CPO. In fact the feeling was at that time "what a good idea". I know the outdoor bowls club also gave their backing to the idea of a CPO (see PC minutes August 2007).
5 The article didn't state that Mr Steve Ames (who wants the parish council to 'man up') was at the time Hopton's representative on GYBC and also a member of the cabinet and to my knowledge at no time did he raise any objections to the CPO then.
7 Why didn't the reporter ask the question "Why did the CPO fail?" when everybody thought Hopton had a cast iron case.
The piece of land next to St Margaret's church has been a bone of contention for the last 12 years. In my opinion the land is of no use to anybody except the church.
Regarding the excessive costs which now have to be paid, it's my understanding a GYBC legal department advised that costs would not exceed �8,000 and "we have never lost a CPO".
Why is Mr Ames objecting to the agreement set up by the new leader of the borough council for Hopton to make the payments?
At the time this was all done for the very best of reasons and hindsight is a marvellous thing when considering past events.
MARION HARDISTY
DPA Movies show was effervescent
AT the weekend I saw the show, Let's Go to the Movies, at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft. All the performers were students of DPA in Gorleston and it was an effervescent show with the youngsters giving their all to entertain us. Full marks to all who were involved.
Mrs JANE ROBERTS
Two girls, two different stories
THIS morning on the TV news we saw a brave little girl brought to the UK for hospital treatment after being brutally shot in the head by a murderous Taliban terrorist. She had offended these thugs by pleading for girls to be educated in her native country.
The current edition of the Mercury carries a report of a local Academy pupil, supported by her mother, who is prepared to jeopardise her education and break school rules in order to wear a 'tongue bar' in class.
It is a funny old world!
NICK POWNALL
Who's going to cut these shrubs?
WHILE Brandon Lewis is wandering about wearing a blindfold, perhaps he could make a detour round the roads and avenues of Newtown, where he's likely to encounter shrubs, privet hedges and even brambles that have been allowed to grow over garden fences and across pavements and footpaths. Apparently according to our local councillor, nothing can be done about it.
I SMITH
Newtown, Great Yarmouth
Residents have ignored St Luke's
THE "much loved" St Luke's Church has not been supported in the past by the Cobholm residents. It's Sunday congregation has been extremely poor for many years and that very small number have been unable to maintain the building. So why are the residents of Cobholm complaining about it's closure? The old adage "use it or lose it" comes to mind. The residents have lost it because they have ignored it for years. Amen to that.
CHRIS CHURCH
Nelson Road Central, Yarmouth
We entered but weren't judged
I WELCOME the comprehensive and positive coverage your newspaper dedicated to the Gorleston and Great Yarmouth in Bloom competition, and I am sure many others appreciate the resources and hundreds of hours spent by individuals and gardening clubs alike. Enhancing the look of the environment and commu nities in which we live has many and far-reaching benefits.
It is a shame, however, when some of these individuals and groups, who have been encouraged to enter into not only the spirit, but the competition, are overlooked.
As events secretary for Ormesby and District Garden Club, I know a good number of neighbours and members, including myself, took up the challenge and worked extremely hard in entering this competition. We were assured our efforts would be judged, but no judges materialised.
Some members even cancelled their holidays so they could be around on a certain day for judging.
To add insult to injury, a few of our members and I were invited to an awards ceremony evening where we were embarrassed by being informed that as we weren't judged we weren't eligible to win any award.
I am certain many members will continue their hard work as usual, but may now think twice about entering the competition again. The In Bloom committee needs to ensure sufficient resources are available to carry out the judging and avoid the ensuing consequences and inevitable disappointment.
GILLIAN D SAKER
Ormesby and District Gardening Club
Halloween over commercialised
ON the subject of Halloween: I grew up in a small village during the 1960s, and back then we would be perfectly happy with nothing more than an old sheet draped over us while making "ghostly" noises at each other.
We would try to scare other children in the village. All a harmless creation of our over-active imaginations, of course.
Halloween these days has become over commercialised, rows of store shelves displaying all manner of tacky and cheaply made costumes etc., designed to bump up their profits.
Also, as your correspondent Hank Allcock wrote last week, these days sadly there are those who want to use Halloween as an excuse for unacceptable behaviour, often targeting more vulnerable people or homes in their neighbourhood.
I would say, though, that with parents using common sense, youngsters can still enjoy some harmless fun on Halloween night.
This is, however, really the only comment in Dave Gahan's letter on which I could find any level of agreement. While I am not shocked by his views on the contents of the Bible, it is rather sad he found it necessary to express them in the way he did. I wonder if similar derisory or scornful remarks would make it into the pages of the Mercury if they were made about the Koran.
GEOFF BENSLEY
Address withheld
Should be age limit on piercing
I WRITE with reference to the article about Kyde Lanham, 13, and her tongue piercing. I agree the school is right to seclude her. All her mother has to do is tell her to take it out for school and then if she is happy put it back in during the evening and weekends.
Whilst I know there is no legal age for piercings in the UK, most practices don't do them on under 16's. Under this age they are still children and as yet don't know what they really want, it's just things they see in magazines and on TV.
My son had various piercings when he was younger (first ones just after his 16th birthday), but has now either removed or allowed the piercing to heal over as it was difficult for him to get and keep jobs, either for Health and Safety reasons or just the employer did not want staff to be seen on view like that.
As a parent. if I put a hole through my child's tongue and then stuck a metal bar through it I would be investigated and probably charged with child abuse.
What is wrong with parents who allow their children to have things like this done at a very early age when the child may later regret it?
My view is there should be an age limit on piercings like tattoos and children should not be used as a fashion statement.
Legal action should then be taken against any parent or piercer who does one on a child under the age.
PETER MARNEY
How can we vote for police boss?
THE Police Commissioners election is due to take place on November 15, but to date I have received no information regarding candidates.
To try and find out something I looked at the local website for the election and found there are four candidates, which is a start!
However, three have so far failed to provide any information about themselves. The fourth provides an extremely brief introductory statement, with advice to visit his individual website. When tried there was an error.
These candidates are hoping to receive a very high salary, if elected and they are also meant to be independent, but each of the four represents a political party. There seems to be complete apathy from the candidates, so it will be no surprise if the turnout on election day is very low.
Before that day, I would hope to learn a bit more about whom I might vote for. Perhaps they might consider publishing something in the local media.
MARTIN DODD
High Road, Gorleston on Sea
Where did port profit come from?
FURTHER to my letter last week I would like to point out that Ms O'Toole, vice chairman of Great Yarmouth Port Company, after stating the port was profitable, replied to a request for figures "I don't have them available."
I would have thought the chair of a multi million pound venture owned by an investment company would have all such figures at her fingertips. I understand the last balance sheet showed a profit of �6m? Where did this profit come from? The inner port I would think?
Perhaps the vice chair would now like to answer that question? I believe such a question is valid when �20m of public money was provided for the venture.
DENNIS DURRANT
Brett Avenue


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Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2009. Bruk og misbruk av klimaframskrivninger. Klima. 5. 31-33.
Jaedicke, C.; Solheim, A.; Blikra, L. H.; Stalsberg, K.; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Aaheim, Asbjørn; Kronholm, K.; Vikhamar-Schuler, D.; Isaksen, K.; Sletten, K.; Kristensen, K.; Barstad, Idar; Melchiorre, C.; Høydal, Ø.A.; Mestl, H. 2008. Spatial and temporal variations of Norwegian geohazards in a changing climate, the GeoExtreme Project. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 8: 893-904.
Drange, Helge; Marzeion, Ben; Nesje, Atle; Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2007. Opptil en meter havstigning langs Norskekysten innen år 2100. Cicerone. 2. 29-31.
Drange, Helge; Marzeion, Ben; Nesje, Atle; Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2007. Om havnivåstigning. Klima. 4. 25-25.
Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2007. Skal varsle malaria. Hubro. Magasin for Universitetet i Bergen. 2.
Collins, Matt; Botzet, A; Carril, AF; Drange, Helge; Jouzeau, A; Latif, M.; Masina, S; Otterå, Odd Helge; Pohlmann, H; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Sutton, R; Terray, L. 2006. Interannual to decadal climate predictability in the North Atlantic: A multimodel-ensemble study. Journal of Climate. 19: 1195-1203.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Kvingedal, Børge. 2006. Atmospheric forcing on the Barents Sea winter ice extent. Journal of Climate. 19: 4772-4784.
Drange, Helge; Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2005. Hva skjer med vinterværet? Bergens Tidende. Published 2005-01-31.
Grønås, Sigbjørn; Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2004. Store naturlige klimavariasjoner gir usikkerhet i Arktis. Cicerone. 6: 34-35.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Grønås, Sigbjørn. 2004. Store naturlige klimavariasjoner også i framtiden. Cicerone. 4: 24-27.
Iversen, Trond; Jan Erik, Haugen; Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2003. Kombinasjon av to scenarier for 2030-2050: Ekstremene nedjusteres. Cicerone. 6. 20-23.
Furevik, Tore; Drange, Helge; Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2002. Anticipated Changes in the Nordic Seas Marine Climate. Fisken og Havet. 4: 1-13.
Berge, Erik; Walker, Stein Erik; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Lenkopane, M.; Eastwood, Steinar; Jablonska, H.; Ødegaard, Morten. 2001. A real-time operational forecast model for meteorology and air quality during peak air pollution episodes in Oslo, Norway. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 2: 745-757.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Hov, Øystein; Schmidbauer, N.; Solberg, Sverre; Simpson, David; Areskoug, H.; Lattila, H.; Tørseth, Ketil; Ferm, M. 1998. Gaseous and particulate oxidized and reduced nitrogen species in the atmospheric boundary layer in Scandinavia in spring. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 30: 241-271.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Hov, Ø. 1996. Two parametrizations of the dry deposition exchange for SO2 and NH3 in a numerical model. Atmospheric Environment. 30: 1823-1840.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Hov, Øystein. 1996. Two parametrizations of the dry deposition exchange for SO2 and NH3 in a numerical model. Atmospheric Environment. 30: 1823-1840.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Seland, Øyvind; van Pul, Addo; Tuovinen, Juha Pekka. 1995. Implementation of a resistance dry deposition module and a variable local correction factor in the largrangian EMEP model. EMEP/MSC Report. Nr. 3.
Hanssen-Bauer, Inger; Førland, E. J.; Haddeland, Ingjerd; Hisdal, Hege; Lawrence, Deborah; Mayer, Stephanie; Nesje, Atle; Nilsen, Jan Even Øie; Sandven, Stein; Sandø, Anne Britt; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Ådlandsvik, Bjørn. 2017. Climate in Norway 2100 - a knowledge base for climate adaptation. NCCS report no. 1, Oslo. 48 pages.
Hanssen-Bauer, Inger; Førland, Eirik J.; Haddeland, Ingjerd; Hisdal, Hege; Mayer, Stephanie; Nesje, Atle; Nilsen, Jan Even Øie; Sandven, Stein; Sandø, Anne Britt; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Ådlandsvik, Bjørn. 2015. Klima i Norge 2100 - Kunnskapsgrunnlag for klimatilpasning oppdatert 2015. Norsk Klimaservicesenter. 203 pages.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Haddeland, Ingjerd; Sobolowski, Stefan Pieter; Haugen, Jan Erik; Wong, Wai Kwok. 2015. Evaluation of distribution mapping based bias correction methods. Norwegian Centre for Climate Services Reports. 1: 1. Norwegian Centre for Climate Services (NCCS), Oslo. 23 pages.
Førland, E. J.; Bernestad, R. E.; Flatøy, Frode; Hanssen-Bauer, I; Haugen, J.E.; Isaksen, K; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Ådlandsvik, Bjørn. 2010. Klimautvikling i Nord-Norge og på Svalbard i perioden 1900-2100, Klimaendringer i norsk Arktis, NorACIA delutredning 1. Rapportserie (Norsk polarinstitutt). 135. Norsk Polarinstitutt.
Førland, Eirik J.; Benestad, Rasmus E.; Flatøy, Frode; Hanssen-Bauer, Inger; Haugen, J.-E.; Isaksen, Kjetil; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Ådlandsvik, Bjørn. 2009. Climate development in North Norway and the Svalbard region during 1900-2100. Rapportserie (Norsk polarinstitutt). 128. Norsk Polarinstitutt, Tromsø. 44 pages.
Hanssen-Bauer, I.; Drange, Helge; Førland, E.J.; Roald, L.A.; Hisdal, H.; Lawrence, D.; Nesje, Atle; Sandven, S.; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Børsheim, Knut Yngve; Sundby, Svein; Vasskog, Kristian; Ådlandsvik, Bjørn. 2009. Klima i Norge 2100. Norsk Klimasenter. 136 pages.
Sorteberg, Asgeir. 2008. Uncertainties in Observationally-based Estimates of the Arctic Surface Radiation Budget. In Arctic Ocean Variability - advection and external forcing encounter local processes and constraints. Workshop held at DAMOCLES General Assembly, 2007. 17 pages.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Andersen, M.S. 2008. Regional Precipitation and Temperature Changes for Norway 2010 and 2025 -Results from 11 simulations using 8 different regional models. Report Series of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. BCCR Report No 28..
Barstad, Idar; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Flatøy, Frode. 2006. Spectral nudging using a streched version of Arpege/IFS. Technical description. GeoExtreme, General technical report, 1/2006.
Kronholm, K.; Vikhamar Schuler, Dagrun; Jaedicke, C.; Isaksen, K.; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Kristensen, K. 2006. Forecasting snow avalanche days from meteorological data using classification trees; Grasdalen, western Norway (2006). Proceedings, International Snow Science Workshop, Telluride, Colorado.
Sorteberg, Asgeir; Walsh, J.E. 2006. Cyclones Entering the Arctic, Main Paths and their Influence on the Moisture Transport. RegClim, General technical report, 9/2006.
Sorteberg, Asgeir. 1998. The Cycle of Atmospheric Trace Species containing Sulphur, Nitrogen, Carbon and Halogens over Europe and the eastern Atlantic. Dr.scient.. -. Geofysisk institutt, Universitetet i Bergen.
Penkett, S.; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Hov, Øystein; Burgess, R.; Savage, N.; Thijse, T.; Beck, J.; Dutot, A.; Fennetaux, I.; Roemer, M.; Simpson, David. 1996. Hydrocarbons Across the North Sea Atmosphere: Final Report to the European Commission. EV5V-CT93-0323. *. Univ. of East Anglia. 170 pages.


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Euranet – europejska sieć radiowa. Jest to fuzja 16 międzynarodowych, krajowych, regionalnych
i lokalnych rozgłośni europejskich tworząca jedno paneuropejskie Konsorcjum Medialne. Projekt ten informuje i komunikuje o wydarzeniach w Europie z perspektywy transnarodowej, a nie jak to było wcześniej, z perspektywy narodowej.

Euranet emituje wspólne audycje od początku kwietnia 2008 roku.

Historia
Z inicjatywy Deutsche Welle (DW) i Radio France Internationale (RFI) 25 lipca 2007 połączyło się 16 międzynarodowych, krajowych i regionalnych rozgłośni z 13 krajów Unii Europejskiej tworząc jedno paneuropejskie konsorcjum. Członkami konsorcjum są państwowe oraz prywatne rozgłośnie radiowe. Celem tego zjednoczenia jest poprawienie podawania informacji z i o Europie, a także zdawanie relacji o wspólnym życiu w Europie i poprzez to stworzenie tak zwanej Europejskiej Publiczności. Europejskie Konsorcjum Mediów Euranet zostało oficjalnie przedstawione w lutym 2008 w Brukseli przez Margot Wallström – wiceprzewodniczącą Komisji Europejskiej. Potwierdziła ona, że Komisja Europejska wesprze finansowo Euranet w ciągu następnych 5 lat sumą 5,8 miliona €. Mimo wsparcia finansowego Komisja Europejska gwarantuje rozgłośniom uczestniczącym w Euranecie całkowitą niezależność redakcyjną.

W pierwszym roku nadawania Euranet tworzone są audycje w języku niemieckim, angielskim, francuskim, polskim i hiszpańskim. Audycje Euranetu po bułgarsku, grecku, portugalsku, rumuńsku i węgiersku występują głównie w magazynach i dossier.

Docelowo do roku 2012 programy te mają być emitowane we wszystkich 23 oficjalnych językach UE.

Członkowie
Niemieckie radio Deutsche Welle odeszło od projektu 30 czerwca 2009 roku.

Członkami Euranetu są następujące rozgłośnie:

Konsorcjum

Konsorcjum Euranatu kierowane jest przez dwóch zarządzających, którzy wspierają i współplanują Strategie i dalszy rozwój Euranetu. Odpowiedzialność finansową w stosunku do UE ma (CEO) Erlends Calabuig z RFI, odpowiedzialność redakcyjną za Euranet sprawuje Petra Kohnen (CEO) z DW.

Formaty Audio
Euranet informuje o wydarzeniach kulturalnych, społecznych, ekonomicznych i politycznych w Europie z perspektywy ogólnoeuropejskiej. Dzienny czas emisji
o Europejczykach i dla Europejczyków wynosi od 30 do 60 minut. Programy w Euranetach emitowane są w głównych godzinach słuchania i wielokrotnie przez inne rozgłośnie emitowane.

 Wiadomości: Codziennie ważne informacje o bieżących wydarzeniach w Europie
 Aktualne wydarzenia: Codziennie ważne informacje z polityki, ekonomii i społeczeństwa.
 Magazyny: Codziennie szczegółowe audycje i reportaże poświęcone Unii Europejskiej i jej mieszkańcom oraz najważniejszym wydarzeniom politycznym, społecznym, kulturalnym i gospodarczym we wspólnocie z paneuropejskiego punktu widzenia.
 Dossiers: Wielokrotnie w roku audycje dotyczące różnych tematów od emigracji poprzez energię, klimat do lifestyle.
 Live: od trzech do czterech razy w roku emisje na żywo o szczególnie ważnych wydarzeniach w Europie

Uczestniczące w programie rozgłośnie mają dziennie od 12 do 19 milionów słuchaczy. Do tego dochodzi jeszcze 30 milionów słuchacze spoza Europy.

Europejski program University Circle

Aby wesprzeć rozwój działalności radia i internetu został powołany do życia tzw. Europejski "University Circle". W ramach tego projektu studenci dziennikarstwa i języków obcych mają możliwość wykorzystywania materiałów naukowych. Oprócz tego studenci biorących udział w programie uniwersytetów przedstawiają swoje opinie o audycjach oraz dostarczają propozycji dla audycji Euranetu osobom realizującym te programy.
W projekcie biorą udział następujące uniwersytety: Cambridge University, Roosevelt Academy university college Middelburg, IHECS w Brukseli, RWTH Aachen, Tampere Universität w Finlandii, Babes-Bolyai Uniwersytet w Rumunii, a także Uniwersytet Wrocławski w Polsce.

Dodatkowo oprócz uczestniczących rozgłośni Programy Euranet są przejmowane przez liczne rozgłośnie studenckie (Campus Radio). Lokalne stacje partnerskie posiadają status członka stowarzyszonego w Konsorcjum. Do rozgłośni partnerskich należą:

 Wielka Brytania: CUR 1350 Cambridge University
 Niemcy: Hochschulradio, TIDE Radio, Hamburg Media School, CampusRadioBonn
 Francja: Radio Campus Paris, Eur@dionantes
 Finlandia: Radio Moreeni Tampere University
 Polska: UniRadio Wrocław

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 strona www Euranet

Radio w Europie
Media w Unii Europejskiej

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Q: Copy Small Bitmaps on to Large Bitmap with Transparency Blend: What is faster than graphics.DrawImage(smallBitmap, x , y)? I have identified this call as a bottleneck in a high pressure function.
graphics.DrawImage(smallBitmap, x , y);

Is there a faster way to blend small semi transparent bitmaps into a larger semi transparent one?
Example Usage:
XY[] locations = GetLocs();
     Bitmap[] bitmaps = GetBmps(); //small images sizes vary approx 30px x 30px

        using (Bitmap large = new Bitmap(500, 500, PixelFormat.Format32bppPArgb))
        using (Graphics largeGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(large))
        {
          for(var i=0; i < largeNumber; i++)
          {
            //this is the bottleneck
            largeGraphics.DrawImage(bitmaps[i], locations[i].x , locations[i].y);
         }
       }

       var done = new MemoryStream();
       large.Save(done, ImageFormat.Png);
       done.Position = 0;
       return (done);

The DrawImage calls take a small 32bppPArgb bitmaps and copies them into a larger bitmap at locations that vary and the small bitmaps might only partially overlap the larger bitmaps visible area.  Both images have semi transparent contents that get blended by DrawImage in a way that is important to the output.  I've done some testing with BitBlt but not seen significant speed improvement and the alpha blending didn't come out the same in my tests.    I'm open to just about any method including a better call to bitblt or unsafe c# code.

A: After some testing I see that Dan was right (see comments above).  It is possible to beat GDI Draw Image performance if you don't need all the blending features it offers, but in the case of transparency blends I don't think there is room for material improvement.

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GENEVA, Ill. (WLS) -- The Kane County Morgue in Geneva is temporarily closed because of mold.
The coroner said due to potential health and safety concerns all activities have been transferred to the DuPage County Morgue in Wheaton.
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Q: SharePoint solution designing I'm trying to setup a development project for making a SharePoint solution. We have some Sharepoint certified people, and they tend to work in SharePoint Designer. One issue with SharePoint Designer, is that it's not possible to take the definition and put it under source control (Team Foundation for example). This is something we want/need, as the solution we're working on will be deployed to many sites.
One other option I see is to make a solution using Visual Studio. This gives us a perfect way to import a certain set of sharepoint content into a site by uploading the wsp file. However, the way I can see it, this option means handcrafting XML files. Besides this being very complex, it also is error prone (I was able to create a custom list definition, but disabling the feature meant having a cripled site, which I was unable to recover).
What's Microsoft's view on development of modules for Sharepoint? Besides MS' view, I'm also interested in experiences from other people..
With kind regards,
Matthijs ter Woord

A: I think there are two different approaches to building solutions on the SharePoint platform. One is based on customization meaning using SharePoint Designer and doing all the work 'in-place'. The second one is development which involves building Solution Packages (WSP). Although Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools make working with Solution Packages easier it is still no comparable with using SharePoint Designer. Which approach you choose depends on your requirements. If you're aiming for a redistributable solution Solution Packages are the way to go. On  the other hand if you have a group of power users, providing them with SharePoint Designer should be sufficient.


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Q: Angular function return variable wrapped in quotes displays as text instead of renders/using different scheme that does not break css I have in my Angular template:

{{ getRoundHtml(roundIndex) }}

which calls a function in my component:
  getRoundHtml (indexRound){
    this.roundHtmlStr = '';
    console.log("INDEXR:", indexR);
    for (let i = 0; i < this.entries/Math.pow(2,indexRound); i++){
    this.roundHtmlStr = this.roundHtmlStr + `

\n

Creighton 50
\n

\n

Harvard 40
\n

\n
         `;
    }
    console.log("HTML:", this.roundHtmlStr.toString());
    return(this.roundHtmlStr);
  }

Because I do not want to have to add another selector or *ngFor because it breaks the CSS due to adding another tag into the flexbox setup.
I have tried using nested selectors with divs, uls, etc.  They don't work because the css breaks. (Again unless you can come up with a different solution)
Solutions:
1.  How do I get the: return(this.roundHtmlStr); when it passes it back to the interpolation {{ getRoundHtml(roundIndex)}} to not be wrapped in "";  It's basically wrapping the return value and the html is actually displaying the text and not the html rendering.

*Display brackets where the css can follow the scheme and align the matches correctly for every round no matter how big or small the bracket is 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64... etc.  The problem in Angular is that the css cannot follow the flexbox grow rules because the selector tag gets in the middle to the process and breaks the css.

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*I had to flatten the nested selectors and dump everything into one for package component removing the nested selectors from breaking the css.

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On This Day: Thunderous puncher Gerald McClellan was born in 1967
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Gerald McClellan was ultimately a victim of the brutal sport he loved so much, writes Matt Bevan
HE is still regarded as one of the greatest punchers to have ever stepped between the ropes, however Gerald McClellan's career will be remembered more for the way that it ended, rather than for his notable achievements.
Rarely have we seen a fighter with as much ferocity, inside the ring and out.
Today McClellan, who has sadly never been the same since the famous clash with Nigel Benn in 1995, turns 51 years old.
HE was a two-time world champion, who only suffered defeat three times as a professional. He won his first title, the WBO middleweight strap, in 1991, when he met another ferocious, albeit fading, puncher in "The Beast" John Mugabi at the Royal Albert Hall. Mugabi entered the fight having never been taken all the way to the final bell in his career, including his three losses, a run which was to continue when the destructive McClellan knocked him down three times in the opening round to win the vacant title.
McCLELLAN, born October 23 1967, only went to points four times in his career, winning and losing two, and he never went past 10 rounds in his 34 fights, of which 29 were knockout victories. He knocked out 29 of the men he faced. He vacated the WBO belt without making a single defence, in fact the title remained vacant until 1993, and began to hunt down the WBC champion, Julian Jackson.
THE slugger then had four non-title bouts, culminating in an appearance on an incredible bill in Mexico, promoted by Don King, where 132,247 spectators turned up to see Julio Cesar Chavez move to 85-0, as he defended his WBC light-welterweight title, against Greg Haugen. Also fighting that night, were Terry Norris, Michael Nunn and Azumah Nelson, who all defended their world titles, as well as a young Felix Trinidad who was well on his way to becoming a world champion.
McCLELLAN finally got his hands on Jackson at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas in May 1993, stopping him in the fifth of a wild encounter to become a two-time world champion.
OUTSIDE of the ring, McClellan developed an unsavoury reputation for his love of dog fighting.
THE G-MAN defended the WBC belt twice, before stopping Jackson inside a round in the rematch. But, he couldn't resist the lure of Benn and the super-middleweight division.
THE Illinois resident met Benn at the New London Arena in Millwall, with the WBC title on the line and he started like a train, sending "The Dark Destroyer" flying through the ropes in the first round. He had Benn down again in the eighth, but in the 10th, and fading fast, McClellan took a knee, blinking and gulping back air, even though he wasn't on the receiving end of any punches. He made it back to his corner before slumping to the canvas.
THE aftermath has been reported several times, but McClellan was left brain damaged and never fought again. Today he is almost blind, 80 per cent deaf, and walks with a cane.
HIS hometown, Freeport in Illinois, has contributed supplies and manpower to repair McClellan's home, as well as donating huge sums to help with "The G-Man's" ongoing medical expenses. Along with his family, former potential rival Roy Jones Jnr, who McClellan holds a win over in the amateurs, set up a fund to help pay for the $70,000 annual bill.
BENN has also contributed massively, hosting a fundraiser in which the auction raised £200,000. McClellan still requires around the clock medical care and the WBC have publicly appealed for help.
HIS career will forever be linked to the Benn fight, who once chillingly commented on the fight, "You know what? This is what you wanted to see. You got what you wanted to see." The fight, undoubtedly, was boxing at its most savage.
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Black Press closes two daily newspapers in B.C.
Sat., July 17, 2010timer3 min. read
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.—The press turned for the last time Friday at Prince Rupert's Daily News, after 99 years.
Prince Rupert recently turned 100 years of age, and next May, the newspaper would have hit the century mark.
But the paper was sold by Glacier Media Inc. to Black Press, which decided to shut the doors. Representatives of Black Press have said that closing the Daily News and maintaining its weekly newspaper in the area was a business decision.
Pressman Len Hadland worked for the Daily News for 44 years.
"We had some good times here," he said. "I saw a lot of people come and go, especially in the printers."
Hadland was initially hired in 1953, and at first, figured he would use the job as a stepping-stone in his career. Instead, he remained at the Daily News until his retirement in 1997.
Hadland said when he got the job, "I thought, 'maybe I'll get this job for a couple of years' but I kept staying."
Nearly 20 years later, John Geddes began at the Daily News, and he, too, would spend the majority of his life at the Daily News, eventually joining Hadland in the pressroom, before he stepped aside in 1992.
"When I started here, I figured I had hit the big time," said Geddes. "The amount of staff that came through here was unbelievable. Just in the back shop, we had 12 people."
When the city was booming in the 1970s and 80s, so was the paper. And when the economy began to slide, so did the Daily News.
Fishing, which had filled the city's coffers with money for years, began to run into trouble in the 1990s, and at the same time, the mill closed down. The paper soldiered on but there were cuts.
Staff gathered for a group photo Thursday.
"I'm going to miss everyone. I've enjoyed the job and wouldn't change a thing. I wish that the Daily News wasn't closing and I wish I could have done this forever, but like they say, all good things come to an end," said Jamie Alexander, a local Special Olympian who had been featured in the pages of the newspaper and was a paper carrier for several years.
Member of the community were wistful, as well, as the paper prepared to print its final edition. A weekly newspaper owned by Black Press in Prince Rupert will now be published bi-weekly.
Representatives from Black Press have said that it was a business decision, feeling that the way the Northern View produces its content is the most sustainable way to operate a newspaper in the north coast market.
Four of 11 community publications were acquired in the deal.
The Trail Daily Times, Grand Forks Gazette, Creston Valley Advance, Fernie Free Press, Nelson Daily News, Prince Rupert Daily News, and Cariboo Advisor group _ including Cariboo Advisor, Quesnel Advisor, 100 Mile House Advisor and Coast Mountain News _ have been purchased from Glacier Media by Black Press.
Run by Victoria media baron David Black, the company already owned more than 100 publications, many in small communities in B.C., Alberta, Washington state, Ohio and Hawaii.
The Nelson Daily News, the Quesnel Advisor and the 100 Mile House Advisor were also closed down.
"I think it sucks. It shows that the town is really drying up," said 19-year old Jordan McArthy.
McArthy, who delivered the paper as a way to make a small allowance in her younger days, said that she enjoyed the free copy Wednesdays and Fridays, but admitted that she did not subscribe and rarely bought the paper.


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Hungary Vs. Belgium Live Stream: Watch The Euro 2016 Last 16 Game Online
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Hungary has been on fire during the Euro 2016 tournament but they face Belgium in a Last 16 match on June 26. Are the good times over for the Hungarians? HollywoodLife.com wants you to see this match so click to watch.
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Hungary opened up the Euro 2016 by shutting out Austria, 2-0. They held Iceland to a 1-1 tie, but their biggest feat was keeping infamous microphone thrower, Cristiano Ronaldo, 31, and his Portugal squad from defeating them. The game ended tied 3-3, but since the Portuguese squad has one of the best players in the world, it's like Hungary really won.
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This Hungarian Cinderella story may turn out to be just another fairy tale. Belgium has won eight of the last 12 games, with Hungary taking two and two other games ending in a draw, per UEFA.com. This game is the farthest Hungary has gotten since 1972, but is it the end of the line for them? Or will they bash the Belgium squad all the way back to The Netherlands?
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Allegation: Facebook Account Hacked
A man alleged to police that his Facebook account was hacked and the hacker (s) left many racist posts/comments.
Police will ask him if he knows who did it. They will ask him if he wrote them. The investigation begins in a small circular fashion and moves increasingly outward.
Police would not begin with 300,000,000 possible Facebook users, but start with the subject, his family, friends, and, in context, on to his political enemies.
If you were accused of writing racist posts, what would you say?
What do we expect someone to say?
"I didn't write these posts" is a good place to start.
This has the three components of a reliable denial:
1. The psychological presence in the pronoun "I"
2. The past tense verb "didn't" --after all, it is something that has already taken place.
3. The allegation answered, rather than avoided. The word "these" indicates closeness while the word "those" indicate distance.
To consider which is appropriate, we need context.
If the event has just happened, "these" is appropriate. It is, after all, an invasion into one's personal writing and is upsetting.
Given more time, the subject may feel more psychological distance and use the word "those."
Facebook is where one often posts personal photos and information, giving it a sense of ownership, which is why such an intrusion as hacking (breaking into) may be very psychologically close ("these") to the subject. It is, in this sense, an invasion where one may experience emotional distress----especially if the innocent subject does not want to be seen as "racist" in today's media driven hysteria.
Also, distancing could be found in "those" due to something illegal or perverse, such as child pornography. It can be something so disdained that the subject may even feel that his Facebook account is no longer his own.
Analysts must use care when gauging distance.
What did the subject respond with?
We expect the reliable denial which could include a possible unnecessary moralizing and/or denial of racism, due to the current climate of accusations.
"I didn't write those racist posts" could be followed by the unnecessary "I am not a racist..." due to context.
This would not, by itself, nullify the denial.
"I was deeply shocked and saddened to hear that my Facebook account had been ghosted and other accounts had been hacked and used to make racist and negative comments."
Thomas Moerelli, deputy mayor of Brewer, Maine
"I was deeply shocked and saddened
Beginning with the pronoun "I", the subject signals that he is psychologically present here. Even if he has deception, it is likely that we will find reliable information in his statement.
Next note his two emotions:
a. "deeply shocked"
b. "saddened"
A hacking is a bit shocking, and I believe him that he is "sad" for some reason.
This is his priority: his emotional response.
After all, wouldn't any "good person" be "deeply shocked" and "saddened" by racial insults posted by a hacker on his Facebook account?
Yet we prefer him to tell us that he did not write them and, perhaps, that he does not know who did.
Why is being "deeply shocked" so important to him that it is his priority sentence? What has made him "saddened"?
"I was deeply shocked and saddened to hear
He "heard" that his Facebook account was hacked? Did police tell him? Did he not see it for himself? Who told him? How did he "hear" this?
that my Facebook account had been ghosted
I have used the word "hacked" because that is when another person gains access to his account to write the racist posts.
He does not.
He uses "ghosted"--
What is "ghosted"?
To be "ghosted" is to be made to disappear, be unseen (like a ghost), to be reduced to being irrelevant.
"I was texting this girl I dated when she ghosted me..." meaning that she no longer answered him, (blocked him, muted him) and made him irrelevant.
Analysis: Our subject, thus far, has not denied writing the posts, therefore, we cannot say it for him.
Our subject perceives himself in need of relevancy. He likely believes himself "ghosted" personally and/or professionally.
and other accounts had been hacked
He then refuses to be psychologically "alone" with his claim of being "ghosted":
a. "other" separates his Facebook account from those that "had" been "hacked"---
His is unique.
b. "accounts" is plural. (he may have a "ghost" or anonymous account)
and used to make racist and negative comments."
Here we have a sense of passivity--- he does not claim to have been hacked and does not declare that whoever hacked him is a "thief, criminal, racist" (and so on).
This is the "Linguistic Disposition"--- or how he uses words to describe his reaction to the racist hacker.
Note that I used "racist hacker" but he did not.
The expectation is that he will hold a "Negative Linguistic Disposition" to the person or persons who broke into his account, and made it appear that he wrote these racist posts and/or comments.
He is neutral in his disposition towards the writer or writers of the racist posts and/or comments on his broken into Facebook page.
Analysts label this a "negative."
Ego.
We are able to identify authors of anonymous threatening letters by employing this technique.
We know that authors of "fake hate" will be reluctant to condemn themselves. When they go negative, they often do so lightly.
"Dear African-American family..." is not the language of the KKK. In this case, the author wrote a polite and congenial letter to herself and her family, only to report to the police that they were "victims" of "hate."
Authors of "fake hate" are similar to fraudulent crime scams: they are not comfortable condemning themselves.
"The gentleman placed the gun in my back and asked me for cash..."
The robber didn't "stick" a gun in his back and "demand" money...
Analysis Conclusion:
The author did not deny writing the racist posts and/or comments.
If he doesn't say it, we don't say it.
He has a neutral linguistic disposition towards the author of the posts when it should be negative.
His priority is his own emotion.
We should wonder if he likes and has favorable feelings towards the author.
The author seeks relevancy in a climate of media induced racism. He is "ghosted" ---perhaps more deeply in life than just his political position.
Shortly after this, he confessed and apologized for making the racist posts.
If you wish to study deception detection, visit Hyatt Analysis Services.
We offer both at-home courses as well as seminars for law enforcement, military, intelligence and private citizens.
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How can we become more capable of working with whatever comes up in our lives in a way that actually supports the growth and evolution of all human beings?
When we cultivate presence, we are more able to work with the here and now, take more perspectives, and embrace more of our experience—including dissonance and conflict.
We have more choices, and more capacity to address the full complexity of what is happening—in the energetics of a room, in the emotional domains, in the realms of power and authority, decision making, and conflict.
Owning your first person experience.
Recognizing and naming your experience.
Moving from autonomy to communion, or I to We.
Often, the last move can be quite challenging.
How do we catalyze a group to become more coherent, and deepen the quality of engagement and intimacy?
One of the pillars of Flex-Flow experiences in groups occurs when individuals shift their awareness from first person experience to the experience of the group or the whole.
By shifting our attention to others, sharing our impressions of the collective space, and noticing coherence and common characteristics of the moment we can significantly heighten our participation in the group awareness.
If your group is virtual, invite them to imagine and conceptualize the virtual room your group is inhabiting together. What kind of physical space would this group like to inhabit?
Sometimes a group can be aware of its explicit project or goal, yet it's members can be misaligned on the level of shared purpose or intention. Invite each participant to share their personal intention for the meeting or for your group's shared efforts and goals.
Invite input as to why each participant is here, what their hopes are for the gathering. Explore what people notice right now, in their sensory perceptions, in their bodies, and what it feels like to participate.
Take time to appreciate the unique personal qualities of the other individuals as contributors to the group.
Often, deep coherence and alignment arises paradoxically when a group is able to articulate its differences, obstacles, or struggles. As a leader or facilitator, explore giving voice to the unspoken tensions or struggles you perceive, and invite the group to bring these "shadow" elements into open discussion and exploration.
Name the "obvious." In other words, reflect back to your group what you are seeing, sensing and hearing. Recognizing clearly what is arising in this moment invites us to become more open to ourselves and to each other.
Are there other effective practices or techniques you've used or experienced that have cultivated a sense of "we"?
What framing would you employ if you were bringing these practices into a variety of different group cultures and styles?
Where do you notice your edge as a facilitator being challenged when you imagine yourself engaging these practices in your groups and teams?
Individual and collective development are interrelated, because as we develop, our experience in groups changes.
We become more at ease, less fearful, less instinctively competitive and self-protective. We feel more freedom to be ourselves, and we have fewer struggles with the otherness of others.
We have access to creativity, we enjoy the support of others, and at the same time, we are willing to experience more authentic challenges. We live with liveliness and vigor.


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Hoa Nguyen is the author of several books of poetry, including As Long As Trees Last, Red Juice, and Violet Energy Ingots, which received a 2017 Griffin Prize nomination.
As a public proponent and advocate of contemporary poetry, she has served as guest editor for The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2018 and she has performed and lectured at numerous institutions, including Princeton University, Bard College, Poet's House, and the Banff Centre's Writers Studio. Recipient of a 2019 Pushcart Prize and a 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature nomination, she has received grants and fellowships from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the MacDowell Colony, and the Millay Colony for the Arts.Her writing has garnered attention from such outlets as The PBS News Hour, Granta, The Walrus, New York Times, and Poetry, among others. Born in the Mekong Delta and raised and educated in the United States, Nguyen has lived in Canada since 2011.
An experienced and popular teacher of poetics in numerous settings, Nguyen guest teaches at Ryerson University, for Miami University's low residency MFA program, and in the Milton Avery School for Fine Arts at Bard College. She is the founder and leader of a popular long-running, poetics workshop in cyberspace and Toronto.
Listen to Hoa pronounce her name here:
My Name is pronounced "Hwa Win".
Hoa Nguyen's full Curriculum Vitae provided by request.
Please inquire at hn2626@gmail.com.
Hoa Nguyen's poetry has been collected in many anthologies including Inheriting the War: Poetry & Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees (Norton, 2017), The Best of The Best Canadian Poetry in English: Tenth Anniversary Edition (Tightrope Books 2017), Poem-a-Day: 365 Poems for Every Occasion (Abram Books 2016), Best Canadian Poetry In English 2015 and 2016 (Tightrope Books), The Volta Book of Poets (Sidebrow, 2015), Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sound: The Teachers of WritersCorps in Poetry and Prose (City Lights 2009), The Best of Fence (Fence Books 2009), For the Time Being: A Bootstrap Anthology (Bootstrap Books 2008), Black Dog, Black Night: Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry (Milkweed Editions 2008), and Not for Mothers Only (Fence Books 2007).
In 1997, Nguyen designed, implemented, and led an online youth poetry workshop for New York City based Teachers & Writers Collaborative; this seminal online workshop for students across the United States ages 14 – 18 years old lasted a decade. The workshop introduced participants to new writing strategies, encouraged them to develop critical skills and the creation of poetry with focused writing exercises. Discussion and feedback took place in an open online forum; the poetry exercises were indexed on the front page of the Virtual Poetry Workshop (nearly one hundred by its conclusion) so that teachers wishing to introduce poetry writing in the classroom could it as a resource from which to draw specific ideas.
In addition, since 1999, Nguyen has led private poetry writing workshops. These ten week sessions are held two times a year and include in-person as well as virtual participants. Under Nguyen's guidance, workshop participants engage a primary text by a single poet and write out of resonances and in response to prompts and other considerations drawn from and in dialogue with it. Poets H.D., Lorine Niedecker, Joanne Kyger, Ted Berrigan, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Jack Spicer, Philip Whalen, Fred Wah, Susan Howe, Robert Creeley, Emily Dickinson, Harryette Mullen, Gertrude Stein, Amiri Baraka, Anne Carson, Sappho, and Charles Olson are among those that Nguyen has taught. Her workshops enjoy an international following; it has been referred to as "legendary" and "iconic" and have counted many established poets as repeat participants. An essay on the workshops and pedagogy has been included in the anthology Poets on Teaching (University of Iowa, 2010) and in the Bagley Wright lecture series.
With the poet Dale Smith, Nguyen founded a small press journal of poetry and poetics, publishing contemporary poets such as Amiri Baraka, Alice Notley, Linh Dinh, Kenward Elmslie and Eileen Myles. Nationally distributed, Skanky Possum has received attention from national media such as The Baltimore Sun and Poets and Writers. In 2002, as editor of Best American Poetry, Robert Creeley selected poems by four poets that were published in issue 6 of Skanky Possum. Skanky Possum's catalogue has been collected by several prominent archives and Special Collections including San Francisco University, SUNY Buffalo, University of Arizona's Poetry Center, and the New York Public Library.
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2017 Review: Violet Energy Ingots, Constant Critic
2017 Interview, Hoa Nguyen with 49th Shelf
2017 Review: Violet Energy Ingots, Full Stop
2017 Interview, Hoa Nguyen with Prac Crit
2016 Review: Violet Energy Ingots, New York Times
2016 Review: Violet Energy Ingots, The Boston Review
2016 Review: Violet Energy Ingots, Publishers Weekly
2016 Interview: Hoa Nguyen for The Walrus
2016 Interview: Hoa Nguyen with Black Warrior Press
2016: Interview: Hoa Nguyen for Open Books Toronto
2014 Review: As Long As Trees Last, Jacket2
2014 Review of As Long As Trees Last, Cold Front Magazine
2014 Profile on Hoa Nguyen, International Examiner
2013 Review of As Long As Trees Last, Lantern Review
2013 Interview with Hoa Nguyen, BOMB Art Magazine
2012 Review of As Long As Trees Last, Lemon Hound
2012 Review of As Long As Trees Last, The Volta
2012 Review of As Long As Trees Last, Galatea Resurrection
2012 Review of As Long As Trees Last, New Pages Book Reviews
2012 Notable Books, Academy of American Poets
2012 Review of As Long As Trees Last, Horse Less Press
2012 Review of As Long As Trees Last, The Rumpus
2012 Interview with Hoa Nguyen, The Conversant
2012 Interview with Hoa Nguyen, Kirkus Reviews
2012 Review of As Long As Trees Last, Huffington Post
2012 Review of As Long As Trees Last, Boston Globe
2011 Interview with Hoa Nguyen, Evening Will Come
2010 Interview with Hoa Nguyen, We Who Are About to Die
2009 Review of Hecate Lochia, Gently Read Literature
2008 Interview with Hoa Nguyen, Bookslut
Hoa Nguyen's poetry collections include As Long As Trees Last, Red Juice: Poems 1998-2008, and Violet Energy Ingots from Wave Books. She teaches poetics at Ryerson University, for the low residency MFA programs at Miami University and Bard College, and in a long-running, private workshop. Take a workshop with Hoa in cyberspace --or in-person--today!
Hoa Nguyen on Wikipedia
Skanky Possum
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Hoa Nguyen on Twitter
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Dale Smith's blog
Ron Silliman's blog
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Biografia
Nel dopoguerra entrò nella compagnia di Eduardo De Filippo, per una lunga serie di commedie che furono trasmesse anche dai microfoni della Rai.

Con la moglie Luisa Conte diede inizio al recupero del Teatro Sannazzaro, che riaprì nel 1971 con la commedia Annella di Portacapuana rappresentata dalla Compagnia Stabile Napoletana.

Prosa radiofonica
 Miseria e nobiltà di Eduardo Scarpetta, regia di Eduardo De Filippo, trasmessa il 7 agosto 1956.

Filmografia

Cinema
 Processo alla città, regia di Luigi Zampa (1953)
 Questi fantasmi, regia di Eduardo De Filippo (1954)

Televisione
 Racconti napoletani di Giuseppe Marotta, regia di Giuseppe Di Martino (1962)

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Collegamenti esterni


Sugar and spice, and all things nice.
Before the days of over-the-counter medicines, householders relied on nature and the kitchen to find their cures!
For minor ailments, your kitchen cupboards can provide an array of safe, effective and healing ingredients.
Vinegar is a weak acid which is excellent for combatting fungal infections such as athlete's foot. Simply spray vinegar into your shoes and leave to dry!
Sugar can be used to draw out splinters. Mix a pinch or two of sugar with some soft soap to make a paste. Apply over the splinter, cover with a plaster and leave overnight. In the morning, the splinter should come out easily.
A handful of salt added to a warm bath can help relieve minor aches and pains and draw out toxins. Try it if you've got post-viral achiness to help speed recovery.
Oats are excellent for itchy skin conditions such as eczema or chickenpox. Add a handful of oats to a piece of muslin, tie it up and pop it in your bath. Squeeze out the milky liquid to soothe and soften your skin.
Oh I love these! I grew up with "Grandma's Remedies". I'm not sure where she got them but … they work. One is to always take a bite of orange peel when eating an orange (organic only please). Orange peel contains natural penicillin and eating a bite helps keep colds, etc. at bay. Another one, although not from the kitchen, is for bee stings and/or bug bites … just make some mud and apply it to bite. It takes all the sting out!
Thanks for this list … I'm adding them to my arsenal!
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// Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
//
// Arjuna Technologies Ltd.,
// Newcastle upon Tyne,
// Tyne and Wear,
// UK.
//

package org.jboss.jbossts.qa.AITResources01Clients;

/*
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2001 by HP Bluestone Software, Inc. All rights Reserved.
 *
 * HP Arjuna Labs,
 * Newcastle upon Tyne,
 * Tyne and Wear,
 * UK.
 *
 * $Id: Client11.java,v 1.2 2003/06/26 11:43:07 rbegg Exp $
 */

/*
 * Try to get around the differences between Ansi CPP and
 * K&R cpp with concatenation.
 */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2001 by HP Bluestone Software, Inc. All rights Reserved.
 *
 * HP Arjuna Labs,
 * Newcastle upon Tyne,
 * Tyne and Wear,
 * UK.
 *
 * $Id: Client11.java,v 1.2 2003/06/26 11:43:07 rbegg Exp $
 */

import org.jboss.jbossts.qa.AITResources01.*;
import org.jboss.jbossts.qa.Utils.OAInterface;
import org.jboss.jbossts.qa.Utils.ORBInterface;
import org.jboss.jbossts.qa.Utils.ServerIORStore;
import org.omg.CORBA.IntHolder;

public class Client11
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		try
		{
			ORBInterface.initORB(args, null);
			OAInterface.initOA();

			String pingerIOR = ServerIORStore.loadIOR(args[args.length - 2]);
			PingPong pinger = PingPongHelper.narrow(ORBInterface.orb().string_to_object(pingerIOR));

			String pongerIOR = ServerIORStore.loadIOR(args[args.length - 1]);
			PingPong ponger = PingPongHelper.narrow(ORBInterface.orb().string_to_object(pongerIOR));

			int numberOfCalls = 10;

			for (int index0 = 0; index0 < numberOfCalls; index0++)
			{
				for (int index1 = 0; index1 <= index0; index1++)
				{
					pinger.bad_hit(index0, index1, ponger, pinger);
				}
			}

			IntHolder pingerValue = new IntHolder();
			pinger.get(pingerValue);

			IntHolder pongerValue = new IntHolder();
			ponger.get(pongerValue);

			if ((pingerValue.value == 0) && (pongerValue.value == 0))
			{
				System.out.println("Passed");
			}
			else
			{
				System.out.println("Failed");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception exception)
		{
			System.out.println("Failed");
			System.err.println("Client11.main: " + exception);
			exception.printStackTrace(System.err);
		}

		try
		{
			OAInterface.shutdownOA();
			ORBInterface.shutdownORB();
		}
		catch (Exception exception)
		{
			System.err.println("Client11.main: " + exception);
			exception.printStackTrace(System.err);
		}
	}
}


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Q: Plotting quadratic regression line in scatterplot using Rstudio I'm trying to plot a quadratic regression line in a scatterplot using the following code:

*

*bmi is body mass index and pbfm is "percentage body fat content"

mod3 <- lm(pbfm ~ bmi + I(bmi^2))

par(mfrow = c(1,1))

plot(bmi, pbfm)

lines(bmi, predict(mod3),col="blue",lwd=0.02)

The result I get is:

A: To not see the "spiderweb", sort your x-values before putting them to a line. Below I used order to get the order of the x-values, should work if there are no NAs in your x and y variables:
set.seed(111)
bmi <- runif(1000,1,50)
pbfm <- 1.5*bmi + 0.05*bmi^2 +rnorm(1000,0,30)

mod3 <- lm(pbfm ~ bmi + I(bmi^2))
plot(bmi, pbfm,cex=0.3)
o <- order(bmi)
lines(bmi[o], predict(mod3)[o],col="blue")


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I am the purveyor of www.2ndAmendmentPA.com. The site promotes the origins of the 2nd Amendment often known as the "Right to Bear Arms". The site has been up for a year and has tens of thousands of "hits" or responses. Based as it is in Mercersburg, it covers the historical origins of our 2nd amendment rights which were "born"on the Pennsylvania frontier in 1765.
Interestingly 80% of the "hits" on my site are from countries where liberty and the freedom of speech are severely restricted - countries like Russia and China. Each of these countries also severely restrict the individuals "Right to Bear Arms" today and historically. Citizens of these countries understand what we take for granted, and that is, without the 2nd Amendment . . . there is no 1st Amendment.


Bruschetta is one of my all-time favorite appetizers. However, sometimes I need a break from carbs. I was trying to figure out how to get the essence of the bruschetta taste I love without using bread. Enter this greek zucchini bruschetta. Made with Feta cheese and zucchini instead of bread, this is a fun take on an old favorite! My boyfriend and I may or may not have eaten this for lunch one day. Appetizer, lunch, whatever! This might be all I can handle after stuffing myself on Thanksgiving. Something light and healthy sounds perfect.
I made this recipe with Nikos Feta crumbled tomato & basil feta cheese. It is an amazing mix of feta cheese, tomatoes, and basil. It was basically asking to be included in bruschetta. Nikos Feta has lots of different variations of feta, which you'll see pop up in some other recipes too (peppercorn feta? Yes, please!).
Feta is also lower in fat and calories than a lot of other cheeses, so I don't feel as bad eating it. Not that I ever feel bad about eating cheese. It's just so good! Now, back to the deliciousness that is the greek zucchini bruschetta. Mix the tomatoes, feta cheese, and basil in a small bowl with the olive oil and seasonings.
Slice the zucchini into pieces that are about 1/3 or 1/2 inch thick. The thicker the zucchini, the easier it'll be to top with the tomato and feta mixture. And the less messy it will be if you eat it with your hands. Do what you gotta do.
Drizzle the zucchini with olive oil. I mean DRIZZLE. Don't drench those babies because they're going to become soggy when you bake them. Bake the zucchini until they are just about soft. Remove them from the oven and transfer to a plate or serving dish unless you want to each them right off of the pan. No judgment.
Top the zucchini with the feta and tomato mixture.
Once they're all topped, serve right away! You can really eat these with the zucchini warm or cooler, but I prefer these with warm zucchini and cold tomatoes and feta. It is a magical combination. Is that too dramatic? Fine, it's really freaking good.
This post was sponsored by Nikos Feta. I received product to create this recipe. All opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting The Lawful Kitchen!
Slice zucchini into 1/3 or 1/2 inch thick pieces. Lay flat on baking sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray or lined with foil.
Drizzle zucchini with 1 tbsp olive oil and bake in 350 degree oven until almost soft.
Dice tomatoes and mix with 1 tbsp olive oil, seasonings, feta cheese, and basil.
Top zucchini with tomato and feta mixture.
Oh wow it looks so good!


An interview with Pam Manocchio discussing the City of Wilmington's Summer in the Parks program, produced by the Grand Opera House.
An interview with Bruce and Chuck Mead, owners of The Upper Crust in Georgetown.
An interview with Joan Sparks and Anne Sullivan discussing their flute/harp duo, Sparx.


Verizon order status processing: It is one of the well-known telecommunication and broadband company in the United States which came into existence in 1983. Here we will discuss on how to track my Verizon cell phone order online? At present more than 100 million customers are connected with it and company has spread its network in many different locations.
They keep on bringing new changes in their products which keep on attracting new customer from the different location and that the reason, Verizon is one of the leading company in providing a number of different services in the telecommunication industry.
They offer their customers online service by which it becomes very easy for their customer to carry on any transaction very easily and also with this service they also can manage their account, can check the bills, can make the payment and also can track their order status easily at anytime from anywhere. Now you don't need to call to Verizon in order to know about your order status as by this service you can easily update yourself and keep a track of your order status.
For tracking order status you need to have your order number and service zip code on hand and then by providing this two information, you can easily track your order so that if you find any inconvenience in your order you can directly contact Verizon and your problem will solve.
It is very easy and simple for all Verizon users to check their order status online. For the same, you need to have a computer or any other device with an internet connection from where you can access Verizon website and Verizon order number and service zip code number on hand.
Now the information will come related to your order by which you will come to know where your order has been processed and how much more time it will take to deliver.
• Without order number, it is not possible to track the order status.
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