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A similar surge was seen in the number of online shoppers, which jumped by 12% and stood at 1.3 billion people, or one quarter of the world's population. Though most internet buyers purchased goods and services from domestic vendors, the share of those buying from abroad rose from 15% in 2015 to 21% in 2017. The growth was driven mainly by an increase in the United States.
As a result, cross-border business-to-consumer (B2C) sales reached an estimated $412 billion, accounting for almost 11% of total B2C e-commerce ¬¬– a 4% hike on the previous year's numbers. "The new figures show that e-commerce is indeed creating export opportunities," UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said.


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Wild weather brewing: Cold temps, windy, big surf and a chance of drizzle
Fall temperatures will hit the region this weekend, with even a chance of rain. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
By Laylan Connelly | lconnelly@scng.com | Orange County Register
The weather will take a drastic shift on Saturday, turning from summer-like weather to chilly, windy and possibly rainy – with a strong swell roaring into the region.
The temperatures throughout Southern California, which reached into the 90s this week, will dip into a more seasonable mid-to-upper 60s Saturday and some areas may even get a drizzle.
"We do have a chance of rain (Saturday) afternoon and night, just some scattered light showers moving toward the area," said James Brotherton, meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
Beachgoers hang out near the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, October 21, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Rainfall will only be 1/10th of an inch or less, "a gentle rain shower," he said.
The change will be short lived. Temps will nudge back up throughout the region to low 70s by Sunday and then shoot back up to mid 70s by early next week, according to NWS.
Areas of Riverside and the mountain regions will be slightly cooler and the mountains will be brisk and windy, with a high wind warning in affect from 11 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday, with southwest winds expected to be 25-to-35 mph with gusts up to 70 mph.
The desert could see dust storms due to the wind, Brotherton said.
"Definitely use caution if you'll be traveling outside of the metropolitan area," he said.
If the colder weather isn't enough to deter you from the beach, be warned that a big swell is brewing, expected to bring 4-foot to 7-foot surf in areas of Orange County and slightly smaller, but still sizable, in Los Angeles County, through the weekend.
"The highest surf will be found on south-facing beaches," said Brotherton. "Strong rip currents will be a concern, swimming will be dangerous for less-experienced swimmers. This weekend there will be pretty heavy surf at a lot of beaches."
Be warned of dangerous waves and rip currents if headed to the coast this weekend.(File photo by Ana Venegas, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Monday, the surf will start to drop, though still will pack a punch. Big waves will linger until mid-week, before dropping to 2 feet to 3 feet later in the week.
High tides in the morning hours, at 5.5 feet by 8:30 a.m. Monday and getting larger each following day into the 6-foot range, will mean little sand space at some beaches and possibly more erosion at some areas already battered by strong storm surges.
"I don't think it's quite to the flooding level," Brotherton said. "A few spots could see water seeping into those low-lying spots."
Winds will also be gusty near the coast, around 20 mph or so, he said. While there's no small craft advisory issued, boaters should be aware of strong winds.
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Celebrating the Life of Ginger Rich Barnett
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the passing of Virginia "Ginger" Rich Barnett.
Virginia Rich Barnett born Virginia Rich in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 16, 1934.
Virginia lost her battle with terminal cancer, on July 9, 2016. The youngest daughter of Virginia Lazarus Rich and Richard H. Rich of the Rich's Department Store Chain, established in Atlanta Georgia in 1867. She is survived by her husband Robert J. Barnett, her two sons, Robert J. Barnett Jr. (wife Elizabeth Murphy Barnett and their two sons Ryan and Austin), David Michael Barnett (wife Jackie Mata Barnett and son Aaron), and her sister Sally E. Darling (husband Richard). She was predeceased by her brother Michael Peter Rich, in 1991. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and colleagues in the Art of Dance, all very dear to her heart.
Virginia Barnett was a major force in the Georgia's arts community for many years and played an instrumental role in the establishment of dance in the Southeast. Her career encompassed both ballet and modern dance. Ms. Barnett shared her passion for artistic excellence in the capacities of teacher, arts advocate, administrator and above all performing artist.
Ms. Barnett's dance training began at the age of three. She received her training with Dorothy Alexander in Atlanta at the Atlanta School of Ballet, in London, England at the Royal Ballet School and in New York City at the School of American Ballet.
She danced with the Atlanta Civic Ballet later to be named the Atlanta Ballet, at the Radio City Music Hall and in an NBC television series under the direction of Choreographer John Butler. In 1955, Ms. Barnett's childhood dream was realized when she joined the New York City Ballet - working under the direction of George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. She performed with the New York City Ballet and toured nationally and internationally for almost four years. She then returned to her native Atlanta to serve as Associate Director and Principal Dancer with the Atlanta Ballet.
In 1969 Ms. Barnett left the Atlanta Ballet to form along with Carl Ratcliff and Teena Stern – the Southeast's first Modern Dance Company, the Carl Ratcliff Dance Theatre, for which she remained Associate Director and Principal Dancer until 1994. Her dedication to teaching continued at the Atlanta School of Ballet throughout her career.
Ms. Barnett served on the Dance panel for the Georgia Council for the Arts, Fulton County Arts Council, and Atlanta's Bureau of Cultural Affairs. In 1975, the American Association of University Women presented her with an Outstanding Leadership Award and in 1984 she received the Georgia Governor's Award in the Arts honoring her life-long contributions to the art of dance.
Ms. Barnett and her husband Robert (Artistic Director Emeritus of Atlanta Ballet) retired to live in Asheville, N C., in 1996. After her retirement from her life with the Art of Dance, both Modern and Classical, her pride and joy were her three grandsons, Aaron (17), Ryan (12) and Austin (8), as well as the time she spent daily in her extensive gardens, inside and outside of her home, with her beloved plants and flowers.


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The 43-year-old Pittsburgh man dies after being hit by an industrial container within the RIDC Park aromatics retailer
By jimadmin On Apr 3, 2021
A 43-year-old Pittsburgh man died after being hit by an industrial container full of liquid in O'Hara RIDC Park on Friday morning.
Allegheny County Police Department said Jason D'Alicandro was working at Alpha Aromatics on Alpha Drive in RIDC Park when he was hit by an industrial bag containing 330 gallons of fluid.
Rescue workers were notified shortly after 10:30 a.m. D'Alicandro was taken to a local hospital where police claim he was dead.
The investigation was handed over to the Federal Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA).
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
Publisher's Note: This story has been updated based on new information. An earlier version referred to an incorrect volume of liquid.
Patrick Varine is a contributor to Tribune Review. You can contact Patrick at 724-850-2862, pvarine@triblive.com, or on Twitter.
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Dear mister Obama. This is Jan Peter Balkenende from the Netherlands. Just to let you know that I am always willing to help you with politics. This from out of my experience as a political leader. I mean: today you are zeven days the leader of the United States. But I am almost seven YEARS the leader of the Netherlands!
That is why I was a little bit disappointed that mister Bush didn't call me last week to say goodbye. When I visited him in 2003 (with my dear friend Jaap The Hoop Scheffer) he told me we were friends. So why didn't he call me?
Mister Obama, this is not how we go om with each other. I hope you agree and invite me to the White House as soon as possible. Then I can tell you about our VOC-mentality (a sort of 'yes we can!'). Did you know that the VOC transported your voorouders to America? So you could say that thanks to Holland, the United States now have a black president!! Toch?
I also heard you are a very good basketballer. But please do not challenge me in front of the press to play basketball. I have a better voorstel instead. You know sjoelen? It is a Dutch sport and when I visite the White House I will bring my sjoelbak with me. How about that? When we are playing sjoel, we can talk about the Dutch soldiers in Afghanistan. I promised the Dutch parlement that we will leave Uruzgan in 2010. But I didn't say we would leave Afghanistan!! So we can stay longer in every region in Afghanistan, except Uruzgan dus.
Hope to hear from you soon, so I can tell the Dutch press you called me. Greetings to your lovely wife, also from Bianca.
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Haha. Alleen is het niet de VOC die slaven naar Amerika bracht, dat was de WIC.
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Why It Can Happen Here
From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/trump-republican-party-authoritarianism.html
We're very close to becoming another Poland or Hungary.
By Paul Krugman
Soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a friend of mine — an expert on international relations — made a joke: "Now that Eastern Europe is free from the alien ideology of Communism, it can return to its true historical path — fascism." Even at the time, his quip had a real edge.
And as of 2018 it hardly seems like a joke at all. What Freedom House calls illiberalism is on the rise across Eastern Europe. This includes Poland and Hungary, both still members of the European Union, in which democracy as we normally understand it is already dead.
In both countries the ruling parties — Law and Justice in Poland, Fidesz in Hungary — have established regimes that maintain the forms of popular elections, but have destroyed the independence of the judiciary, suppressed freedom of the press, institutionalized large-scale corruption and effectively delegitimized dissent. The result seems likely to be one-party rule for the foreseeable future.
And it could all too easily happen here. There was a time, not long ago, when people used to say that our democratic norms, our proud history of freedom, would protect us from such a slide into tyranny. In fact, some people still say that. But believing such a thing today requires willful blindness. The fact is that the Republican Party is ready, even eager, to become an American version of Law and Justice or Fidesz, exploiting its current political power to lock in permanent rule.
Just look at what has been happening at the state level.
In North Carolina, after a Democrat won the governorship, Republicans used the incumbent's final days to pass legislation stripping the governor's office of much of its power.
In Georgia, Republicans tried to use transparently phony concerns about access for disabled voters to close most of the polling places in a mainly black district.
In West Virginia, Republican legislators exploited complaints about excessive spending to impeach the entire State Supreme Court and replace it with party loyalists.
And these are just the cases that have received national attention. There are surely scores if not hundreds of similar stories across the nation. What all of them reflect is the reality that the modern G.O.P. feels no allegiance to democratic ideals; it will do whatever it thinks it can get away with to entrench its power.
What about developments at the national level? That's where things get really scary. We're currently sitting on a knife edge. If we fall off it in the wrong direction — specifically, if Republicans retain control of both houses of Congress in November — we will become another Poland or Hungary faster than you can imagine.
This week Axios created a bit of a stir with a scoop about a spreadsheet circulating among Republicans in Congress, listing investigations they think Democrats are likely to carry out if they take the House. The thing about the list is that every item on it — starting with Donald Trump's tax returns — is something that obviously should be investigated, and would have been investigated under any other president. But the people circulating the document simply take it for granted that Republicans won't address any of these issues: Party loyalty will prevail over constitutional responsibility.
Continue reading at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/trump-republican-party-authoritarianism.html
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Renowned Romanian pan-flutist Gheorghe Zamfir is due to hold a charity concert in Cairo on Friday in support of cancer patients, according to the organisers of the concert.
"Music against Cancer" is the title of the concert which is due to be attended by a host of celebrities and public figures as well as more than 75 experts in the treatment of cancer, from all over the world.
The revenue from the charity concert will be earmarked for the non-profit organisation Breast-Gynecological International Cancer Society (BGICS), in an effort to offer support to cancer patients, in addition to raising awareness of the importance of checking the disease which is spreading fast across the world.
The concert is also part of the 10th round of the Breast, Gynecological and Immunooncology International Cancer Conference which will be held on January 19-20.
"Music undoubtedly has a role to play in lifting the morale of cancer patients and that is why we have given the slogan "'Music against Cancer" to this year's conference," said Hisham el-Ghazaly, professor of oncology at Ain Shams University and head of the BGICS, according to a BGICS statement.
According to the statement, Zamfir said that he was happy to hold a charity concert in Egypt in support of cancer patients. Zamfir had held a concert in Egypt in 2009 at the Opera House in Cairo and Alexandria.
Known as "The Master of the Pan Flute", Zamfir is especially famous for his piece, "The Lonely Shepherd", which was written by James Last and recorded with the James Last Orchestra and was first included on Last's 1977 album, Russland Erinnerungen (Memories of Russia).


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Hissing: If you notice a hissing sound around your ductwork, then there's probably an air leak in your ductwork somewhere. This will probably have to be professionally sealed in order to restore your lost energy efficiency and cooling performance. But if you hear hissing around your coils or compressor, then it could mean you have a refrigerant leak. This can cause serious problems with the operation of your AC, including compressor overheating.
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For 'The Middle' Songwriter Sarah Aarons, Grammy Nominations Are a Surprising Full-Circle Moment
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Sarah Aarons didn't know who Maren Morris was the first time she heard her voice. The Australian songwriter was watching the 2017 Grammys at a friend's house and was amazed by one of the singers she saw perform. "I was like, 'Who is that?' Like, 'Holy shit! That girl can sing,'" Aarons recalls on the phone from Los Angeles. "And I remember someone being like, 'Her name's Maren Morris. She's really good. She's like country, but it's like rock, and it's cool.'" Aarons even asked her manager about Morris and got a response along the lines of, "You'll never work with her. She's too cool for you." So Aarons put Morris' name out of her mind.
Fast forward to mid-January 2018: It was the week before EDM producers Zedd and Grey were supposed to release "The Middle," which Aarons wrote the topline for, and a demo labeled "Maren Morris" had just arrived. Aaron's manager reminded her this was the artist she was raving about one year before. Once Aarons heard Morris' final vocals on the track — Aarons was in Australia while Morris cut her part — she was stunned. "Her voice was just crazy on ["The Middle"]," she says. "I was like, 'Oh my god, this is incredible. This is so perfect.'"
The world seemed to agree: "The Middle" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped both the Billboard Dance and Pop Songs charts, and now it's up for three Grammys this Sunday: record of the year, song of the year and best pop duo/group performance.
For Aarons, the writing process for the simmering dance-pop tune "The Middle" was typical: She heard the base track, started by producers The Monsters and the Strangerz, and began coming up with melody ideas right away. "I came in, and they had this synth that was playing that was like, 'whoop-whoop, whoop-whoop, whoop-whoop, whoop-whoop,' and I was like, 'Oh, that rhythm is really sick,' and I just started singing the chorus," she recalls.
The rest of the song came together quickly, but it took more than a year to finish because of a lengthy search for the right vocalist: More than a dozen different singers, from Demi Lovato to Charli XCX, recorded demo takes of "The Middle." "There were moments where I was not as interested [in the song] because it was just stressing me out," Aarons says. But she thinks Morris' vocals on the track just made perfect sense: "I love that [Zedd] always puts someone on [a song] that's really big but not predictable."
The success of "The Middle" was all new to Aarons, who grew up in Melbourne, Australia. She spent her childhood competing for singing and songwriting awards, and at age 19 realized that her childhood passion perhaps held the key to her future. "I had this certificate on my wall for an award I won when I was 12 years old, and it said, 'Songwriting Award,' and I was like, 'That's crazy,'" she recalls. "Anything I got praised for as a kid that did singing classes were actually songwriting awards." When she later learned that Sia, who's also Australian, had written "Diamonds" for Rihanna, Aarons' career path came into focus. "I didn't even know it was a job," she says. "I just knew straight away, I have to at least try to make that my job." Aarons had never even been to a studio before, but she started writing songs every day, sending them to anyone she could.
It worked: She soon caught the attention of Sony ATV in Australia, which signed her to publishing based on the strength of what Aarons says were "terrible" demos. She didn't have any real credits to her name, but they were enough to get her foot in the door. Once she penned her first breakout hit, Zedd and Alessia Cara's 2017 collab "Stay," she moved out to Los Angeles, where she's lived since.
Last year, at a Grammys after-party in New York, Aarons — in town to toast the success of "Stay" — finally met Morris. Aarons spotted her while they were both taking a minute away from the crowd and approached her apprehensively. "'Hey, sorry to be this person, but I wrote 'The Middle,'" she recalls saying. And she remembers Morris lighting up instantly: "'Wait, you're the person from the demo? I love it so much! This is amazing, and I'm so happy I got to sing it.'"
Their songwriter meet-cute has since blossomed into a friendship and creative partnership. Aarons cowrote "GIRL," the title track and lead single from Morris' upcoming album, as well as two other tracks, including the Brandi Carlile duet "Common." "I'm so happy she came into my life, and making music for her record is some of my most favorite music that I've ever been a part of," Aarons says. "I always say, 'Make music with the people you'd wanna celebrate its success with,' and she's definitely a person who I'm so excited to celebrate anything [with]."
At this year's Grammys, Aarons might just be celebrating alongside Morris. Aarons scored her first Grammy nomination when "The Middle" received a nod for song of the year. (The other categories it's nominated in are not awarded to songwriters.) "I still haven't really gotten that into my head, and I don't think I ever will," she says. But it's a true full-circle moment for the songwriter, considering "The Middle" came out just a few days before the 2018 Grammys and had its music video premiere during the ceremony. "First discovering Maren on the Grammys even the year before, that is weird to me — and not even a year later I had a song come out with her," she says, still sounding a little surprised by it all.
With songwriters like Julia Michaels stepping into the spotlight and jumpstarting their artist careers in recent years, Aarons knows there's an opportunity to make a similar move. But for now, she says she's just not interested. "I always pictured myself being the person behind the people," she explains, and that keeps her plenty busy anyway. While she has a number of releases coming up, she only divulges one, a John Legend song called "Preach" arriving next week. And her excitement about it can't be contained: "I just want to write songs forever. That's it. I want to make songs with awesome people for the rest of my life until I die."
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David Davis resigns over concerns Government's Brexit strategy 'will not work'
Sunday 8 July 2018, 11:46pm
Theresa May and David Davis Credit: PA
David Davis said his resignation as Brexit Secretary will "strengthen" not weaken the Government's negotiating position over Brexit, and quit because he could not back and deliver the Government's plan as he does not believe in.
While Mr Davis' resignation has left Theresa May facing a potential leadership crisis, Mr Davis said he fully supports her as she is a "good Prime Minister".
Despite signing up to the strategy agreed at Chequers on Friday, Mr Davis quit late on Sunday night.
The 69-year-old said he made it "very clear" during the Cabinet meeting that he was the "odd one out" and did not agree with the Prime Minister's plan because there was a "risk of it delivering a poor outcome".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Davis said that prior to the Buckinghamshire meeting he had let Mrs May know that he was "not at all happy" with her plan, but following a "forthright debate" at Chequers the Prime Minister "won".
He continued that his resignation was one of "principle", and since he did not agree with the Brexit strategy which "gave too much away" to the EU "too easily and that is dangerous", he felt he could not deliver it adequately.
"My fear is that they'll take what we've offered already and then demand more," Mr Davis said.
He added this would leave the Government in a weak position in terms of negotiations.
"I would have been the one who had to deliver this and I would have had to do something I didn't believe in and didn't believe would work," Mr Davis continued.
"The best person to do this is someone who really believes in it, and that is not me."
Mr Davis said his resignation will 'strengthen' the Government's negotiating position. Credit: PA
David Davis' resignation letter in full - and Theresa May's response
Who will replace David Davis as Brexit Secretary?
Rather than leaving the Government in a weaker position in Brexit negotiations - since a new Brexit Secretary will have to be appointed - Mr Davis said his resignation had in fact "strengthened" Mrs May's administration's Brexit position, since someone who "believes" in the plan will now be able to back it and deliver it.
He added that "hopefully a side effect of my departure will be" stopping the Government "from making any more concessions" to the EU over Brexit.
The departure comes as the Prime Minister sets out to win over Tory Brexiteers after a backlash against her plans for leaving the European Union.
Mr Davis' junior ministerial colleague Steve Baker has also quit his role.
In his resignation letter, Mr Davis told Mrs May that he believed "the current trend of policy and tactics" is making it look "less and less likely' that the UK will leave the customs union and single market, adding: "The general direction of policy will leave us in at best a weak negotiating position, and possibly an inescapable one."
The responsibility for leading the negotiations should now go to an "enthusiastic believer in your approach, and not merely a reluctant conscript", he said.
In response, the Prime Minister told Mr Davis: "I do not agree with your characterisation of the policy we agreed at Cabinet on Friday."
She said: "I am sorry that you have chosen to leave the Government when we have already made so much progress towards delivering a smooth and successful Brexit and when we are only eight months from the date set in law when the United Kingdom will leave the European Union."
ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston says Mr Davis' resignation represents the greatest test to Theresa May's authority since she became Prime Minister and that "there may well be a leadership contest before the summer".
Paul Brand, ITV News' Political Correspondent agreed with Peston, tweeting that Mr Davis' resignation is the "biggest challenge" that Mrs May's has faced since the General Election.
While his resignation is thought to have weakened Mrs May's position, Mr Davis told Today that "of course she can survive this".
He added: "I like Theresa May, I think she's a good Prime Minister, but we just have a difference on this... I won't be encouraging people" to pressure Mrs May to resign, "I support her".
Should Mrs May resign, or be forced out as Prime Minister, Mr Davis said he "would not throw my hat into the ring" to replace her.
He added that both he and Mrs May " want to achieve the best for Britain... we just have different ways" of going about this.
Mr Davis' resignation was warmly welcomed by hardline Eurosceptics in the Tory ranks who were already expressing reservations about Mrs May's leadership after her Cabinet agreed a plan which would keep the UK closely tied to Brussels.
Arch-Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the powerful European Research Group faction within the Tory ranks, said Mr Davis' resignation should force Mrs May to reconsider her approach to Brexit.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "These proposals will have to come to the House of Commons in legislation and the question is 'will they command support from Conservative MPs?'
"And I think without David Davis there, without his imprimatur, it will be very difficult for them to get the support of Conservative MPs and therefore the Prime Minister would be well advised to reconsider them."
Read more analysis from Robert Peston: Could David Davis' departure unseat the Prime Minister?
Jacob Rees-Mogg has said Mr Davis' resignation should force Mrs May to reconsider her approach. Credit: PA
Fellow Tory Brexiteer Peter Bone welcomed Mr Davis's resignation, saying it was "a principled and brave decision", while Andrea Jenkyns said Mr Davis's departure was "fantastic news" and hailed Mr Baker as "another courageous and principled MP".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mrs May "has no authority left and is incapable of delivering Brexit".
Mr Davis was appointed Brexit Secretary by Theresa May in 2016.
On Monday, Mrs May is expected to tell MPs that the strategy agreed on at Chequers is the "right Brexit" for Britain.
But resistance to the plan from hardline Eurosceptics grew over the weekend.
Arch-Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg hit out at the "defeatism" in the Government's plans, warning that he would vote against them – and suggested other Eurosceptics may do the same.
In the Commons, Mrs May will acknowledge that there have been "robust views" around the Cabinet table and a "spirited national debate" since the 2016 referendum decision to leave the EU.
She will say: "Over that time, I have listened to every possible idea and every possible version of Brexit. This is the right Brexit."
She will tell MPs it was "the Brexit that is in our national interest" and "will deliver on the democratic decision of the British people".
The Prime Minister will insist the plan, which would see the UK share a "common rulebook" for goods as part of a proposal to create a UK-EU free trade area, still meets her Brexit red lines.
But Mr Davis' decision could now act as a spur to other Brexiteers to take action against Mrs May.
Theresa May at the Chequers meeting on Friday Credit: PA
Reaction to David Davis' resignation
What is in Theresa May's Brexit plan?
Letters calling for a leadership contest following the Brexit plan have been submitted to the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, ITV News understands.
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: "I can't support the offer which emerged at Chequers – I think it's a breach of the red lines, in fact the offer is so poor that I couldn't support it even if the EU were paying us for it.
"Obviously if the Government and the Prime Minister continue to support that very poor offer then I won't have any confidence in the Government or the Prime Minister."
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Rees-Mogg said: "If the proposals are as they currently appear, I will vote against them and others may well do the same."
The plan was "the ultimate statement of managing decline" and "focuses on avoiding risk, not on the world of opportunity outside the EU".
"Pragmatism has come to mean defeatism," he said.
He also told LBC radio that "if the Government wants to get Chequers through, it will do so on the back of Labour votes, which would be a great mistake.
"There is a large number of Conservative MPs who would not vote for Chequers, because they have committed to their constituents to vote for Brexit."
He added that he had not submitted a letter of no confidence to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady.
Theresa May tells ITV News: All ministers have to sell her Brexit plan and there'll be no more dissent
Has the Prime Minister been left facing a leadership crisis? Credit: PA


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Posted on March 28, 2016 by John DeNardo in Awards // 0 Comments
The winner of the 2016 Philip K. Dick Award was announced on Friday, March 29, at Norwescon 39, in SeaTac, Washington, and the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2015 in the U.S.A. is:
Apex by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books)
A special citation was given to:
Archangel by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press)
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. The 2015 award was given to The Book Of The Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (Sybaritic Press) with a special citation to Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Aqueduct Press).
The 2015 judges were Eric James Fullilove, James C. Glass, David M. Higgins, Lisa Mason (chair), and Jack Skillingstead.
This year's judges are Michael Armstrong, Brenda Clough, Meg Elison, Lee Konstantinou, and Ben Winters.
Philip K. Dick Award
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Two scholarships available for Executive MBA program
Jul 21, 2011 9:00 am by Inside Illinois | 217-333-1085Campus Life
The Office of the Provost is offering to pay for two Urbana faculty or staff members to take advantage of the Illinois Executive MBA program for one simple reason: It's good for business.
Scholarship applicants have until Aug. 1 to apply for the 20-month program, held on alternating weekends starting Sept. 7 at the Illini Center in downtown Chicago.
Richard Wheeler, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the university's investment is well worth it because faculty and staff members return well-rounded and better prepared to lead.
"Many of our campus's most dynamic leaders are alumni of the Executive MBA program," he said. "We remain committed to developing our staff and providing them with leadership skills necessary to give our world-class institution a strategic advantage."
Larry DeBrock, the dean of the College of Business, has taught university staff members enrolled in the program, and he said the program molds leaders.
"It's a top-ranked program that teaches executives and senior administrators how to make better decisions that support their organization's people as much as their profit," he said. "I know firsthand the value it brings to our campus."
Tracy McCabe, assistant dean of external and alumni affairs and a past graduate of the program, said the program quickly changes how an employee perceives the organization of which he is a part.
"This program helps administrators look at the entire organization, and how all organizations work," he said. "It trains employees to be accountable for the entire organization and gives them responsibility for overall operations."
McCabe said the scholarships' application process is highly competitive and usually attracts upper-management candidates - including faculty members pursuing a management track.
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    it('crossOrigin', () => {
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            points: [175, 164]
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Daily Beast: 'Family begged girl to ditch brutal Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka'
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Muchnick in Wrestling Observer Newsletter And on Wrestling Observer Radio, Discussing Jimmy Snuka Murder Indictment
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Full story by M.L. Nestel:
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Again, stop me if you've heard this before, but even with the recent success enjoyed by evil rich people who sue media outlets, Donald Trump is blowing hot air here. Libel—as your one cousin who just started law school will eagerly, annoyingly explain—is a published false statement that damages the target's reputation. But it's really, really hard for a public figure—like, say, a major-party presidential candidate—to prove libel, because he or she has to show not only that the story is false, but also the publication knew it was false all along and hit "publish" anyway. As you would expect with a story like this, the Times went to great lengths to check out the anonymously-mailed documents, eventually verifying them with the same tax preparer who signed them. Which covers them against a libel case on that whole "needs to be false" factor: the guy who did the taxes says they're legit.
Although Trump's lawyers quickly released a nonsense bit of legalese threatening to explore "prompt initiation of appropriate legal action," he doesn't fare any better outside of libel law. As the eagle-eyed Mark Joseph Stern of Slate pointed out, there are no laws that prohibit disclosure of the state tax returns at issue. Even if there were, in order to prove the case, Trump would have to admit that the returns are his! At that point, the best case scenario for a Trump lawsuit would be a pyrrhic victory.
Donald Trump, an alleged billionaire who argues with a straight face that he cares about average Americans and contends that he is the world's greatest businessman, is probably unhappy that the public now knows that his tax returns list close to one billion dollars in losses in a single year. Luckily, the law does protect his right to rant as much as he wants on Twitter.


AUSTIN, Texas – Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — once one of the most powerful and feared Republicans in Congress — was convicted Wednesday on charges he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.
"This is an abuse of power. It's a miscarriage of justice, and I still maintain that I am innocent. The criminalization of politics undermines our very system and I'm very disappointed in the outcome," DeLay told reporters outside the courtroom. He remains free on bond, and his sentencing was tentatively set to begin on Dec. 20.
Prosecutors said DeLay, who once held the No. 2 job in the House of Representatives and whose heavy-handed style earned him the nickname "the Hammer," used his political action committee to illegally channel $190,000 in corporate donations into 2002 Texas legislative races through a money swap.
The verdict came after a three-week trial in which prosecutors presented more than 30 witnesses and volumes of e-mails and other documents. DeLay's attorneys presented five witnesses.
"This case is a message from the citizens of the state of Texas that the public officials they elect to represent them must do so honestly and ethically, and if not, they'll be held accountable," Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg said after the verdict.
Prosecutors said DeLay conspired with two associates, John Colyandro and Jim Ellis, to use his Texas-based PAC to send $190,000 in corporate money to an arm of the Washington-based Republican National Committee, or RNC. The RNC then sent the same amount to seven Texas House candidates. Under Texas law, corporate money can't go directly to political campaigns.
Prosecutors claim the money helped Republicans take control of the Texas House. That enabled the GOP majority to push through a Delay-engineered congressional redistricting plan that sent more Texas Republicans to Congress in 2004 — and strengthened DeLay's political power.
DeLay's attorneys argued the money swap resulted in the seven candidates getting donations from individuals, which they could legally use in Texas.
They also said DeLay only lent his name to the PAC and had little involvement in how it was run. Prosecutors, who presented mostly circumstantial evidence, didn't prove he committed a crime, they said.
The 2005 criminal charges in Texas, as well as a separate federal investigation of DeLay's ties to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, ended his 22-year political career representing suburban Houston. The Justice Department probe into DeLay's ties to Abramoff ended without any charges filed against DeLay.
Except for a 2009 appearance on ABC's hit television show "Dancing With the Stars," DeLay has been out of the spotlight since resigning from Congress in 2006. He now runs a consulting firm based in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land.


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Wydarzenia w Polsce

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Wydarzenia na świecie

 17 lutego – w brytyjskim czasopiśmie Scots Magazine Charles Morrison przedstawił pierwszy projekt telegrafu elektrycznego.
 1 maja – szwedzki uczony Karol Linneusz opublikował dzieło Species Plantarum, zawierające wykład jego systemu klasyfikacyjnego roślin.
 7 czerwca – założono Muzeum Brytyjskie w Londynie (ang. British Museum).

Urodzili się
 6 stycznia - Helena Radziwiłłowa, polska szlachcianka (zm. 1821)
 4 marca – Joseph Barney, angielski malarz i rytownik (zm. po 1829)
 13 marca – James Gunn, amerykański polityk, senator ze stanu Georgia (zm. 1801)
 24 marca – Maria Franciszka Lacroix, francuska brygidka, męczennica, błogosławiona katolicka (zm. 1794)
 26 marca – Benjamin Thompson, amerykański fizyk i wynalazca (zm. 1814)
 13 kwietnia – Frederick Frelinghuysen, amerykański prawnik, wojskowy, polityk, senator ze stanu New Jersey  (zm. 1804)
 28 kwietnia – Franz Karl Achard, chemik, fizyk i biolog, odkrył metodę produkcji cukru z buraków (zm. 1821)
 8 czerwca – Nicolas Dalayrac, francuski kompozytor (zm. 1809)
 29 czerwca – Samuel John Potter, amerykański prawnik, polityk, senator ze stanu Rhode Island (zm. 1804)
 18 lipca - Anna Maria Wittelsbach, księżna bawarska (zm. 1824)
 19 lipca – Richard Potts, amerykański polityk, senator ze stanu Maryland (zm. 1808)
 2 września – Maria Józefina Sabaudzka, księżniczka Sardynii, tytularna królowa Francji (zm. 1810)
 23 września – Ludwik Franciszek Andrzej Barret, francuski duchowny katolicki, męczennik, błogosławiony (zm. 1792)
 27 listopada – Henry Tazewell, amerykański prawnik, polityk, senator ze stanu Wirginia (zm. 1799)
 19 grudnia – John Taylor, amerykański prawnik, polityk, senator ze stanu Wirginia (zm. 1824)

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 Piotr Ludwik Gervais, francuski duchowny katolicki, męczennik, błogosławiony (zm. 1792)
 Ludwik Jan Mateusz Lanier, francuski duchowny katolicki, męczennik, błogosławiony (zm. 1792)

Zmarli
 14 stycznia – George Berkeley, irlandzki filozof, biskup anglikański (ur. 1685)
 23 maja – Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, polska dramatopisarka (ur. 1705)
 6 sierpnia – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, niemiecki fizyk, badacz piorunów (ur. 1711)

Święta ruchome
 Tłusty czwartek: 1 marca
 Ostatki: 6 marca
 Popielec: 7 marca
 Niedziela Palmowa: 15 kwietnia
 Wielki Czwartek: 19 kwietnia
 Wielki Piątek: 20 kwietnia
 Wielka Sobota: 21 kwietnia
 Wielkanoc: 22 kwietnia
 Poniedziałek Wielkanocny: 23 kwietnia
 Wniebowstąpienie Pańskie: 31 maja
 Zesłanie Ducha Świętego: 10 czerwca
 Boże Ciało: 21 czerwca

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Q: JSP: Best practices uploading files to server I am uploading files using multipart form, Apache FileUpload, etc. It work fine.
But, I want to know what are the best practices or common practices when saving files in server, according to following:

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*Naming the files in server (i.e.: What name is better? Some UUID generated, or the row ID generated by db table when I insert the file associated data)

*The best location for files inside the server (What is better? i.e. In linux server which folder or partition I should use. Do I have to encrypt the uploaded files?)

*When I put a link to access the files from browser: Is better a direct access, or using a servlet?

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*If you do it this way (files in filesystem, metadata in DB) then row ID for filename is not a bad idea (at least it ensures uniqueness). Unfortunately you will have to take care that filesystem and database are in sync, so it will require careful coding.

*If you care for performance files can be stored on a separate HDD (or NAS). Note that if the number of files is going to be big (thousands) you should not put all of them in one folder, but instead group them in subfolders, each containing at most several hundreds of files. It will ensure low access time if the number of files gets big. The use of encryption should depend on your business needs (do the files contain confidential data?).

*Servlet is a better way, as it hides the real storage details from the client and it's more proof for future changes in the application. It has also some other benefits (eg. you can implement your access control, you get caching in browsers/proxies out-of-the-box, etc ). And it's a must if you use encryption.

A: After having had recurring trouble with server file system operations (missing permissions, different behaviour on different platforms) I would recommend just stuffing file data as BLOBs in your database. This way, you do not need to elaborate on unique file naming schemes, and all sensitive data will lie in one place.
In this case, you will need a servlet for downloading, which IMHO is the better way even for accessing data stored in files.

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I felt amazed. I couldn't believe this perfect little human being grew inside of me!
I love to pray with her for other babies and my pregnant friends, that all of their babies stay healthy and safe.
I worry about the friends she will have. I truly believe that friends have the biggest influence on you, so every night I pray that she will surround herself with Christ-like, positive-influencing friends. I also pray that she will be a loyal friend and a leader who is a Christ-like influence wherever she goes.
Sleep when the baby sleeps and if someone offers help, take it!!
She is easy right now, as long as she's fed and has a clean diaper, she's happy.
Right now, my husband and I are still learning and adjusting to being new parents! I don't think you're ever done learning as a mom. When that time comes for us, we will be considered authoritative. Kinzley will be expected to follow rules and show respect always. She will know there are consequences to actions because we believe in teaching Christ-like behaviors and following God's word, in a nurturing and loving environment, of course.
Adjusting to a new sleep pattern. It was especially difficult in Kinzley's first weeks, when she would wake up every couple of hours to eat. Now, she sleeps through most of the night, but I still wake up several times during the night to make sure she is breathing!
I don't, but my husband suggests "The New Dad's Playbook" by Ben Watson for all the new or soon-to-be daddies out there.
We went neutral. Grey, white and dusty rose colors with a few giraffes and elephant decorations.
The "XOXO, GOD" onesie! Because my Kinzley Grace is a gift from God! It just reminds me that she came from Him in His perfect timing and that she is SO LOVED.


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Henryk Waniek (* 4. März 1942 in Oświęcim) ist ein polnischer Maler, Bühnenbildner, Schriftsteller, Kunstkritiker und Essayist.

Waniek wurde als surrealistischer Maler bekannt. In seinen häufig symmetrisch oder konzentrisch geordneten Bildern finden sich zahlreiche traditionelle Symbole wie Fenster, Kelche, Leitern, Teufel, Regenbögen, Sternschnuppen. Er selbst spricht von einer magischen Beschreibung der Welt. Seine Gemälde wurden in mehr als 50 Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen in Polen und im Ausland gezeigt und mit mehreren Preisen ausgezeichnet.

Als Essayist wurde er insbesondere durch die Trilogie Hermes w Górach Śląskich (Hermes in Oberschlesien, 1994), Opis podróży mistycznej z Oswięcimia do Zgorzelca 1257–1957 (Beschreibung einer mystischen Reise von Auschwitz nach Görlitz 1257–1957, 1996) und Pitagoras na trawie (Pythagoras auf der Wiese, 1997) bekannt. In Wyprzedaż duchów (Verkauf der Geister, 2007) beschreibt er eine Reise durch das Sudetenland.

Daneben verfasste Waniek auch vier Romane: Dziady berlińskie (Berliner Großväter, 1995), Dziady paryskie (Pariser Großväter, 1998), Finis Silesiae (2003) und  Jak Johannes Kepler jadąc do Żagania na Śląsku zahaczył o księżyc (Wie Johannes Kepler auf der Reise nach Żagań in Schlesien den Mond fing). In Sprawa Hermesa (Der Fall Hermes, 2007) erzählt er die Geschichte des Theologen Hermann Daniel Hermes. Eine Sammlung von Gedichten, Kurzgeschichten und Miniaturen erschien 2013 unter dem Titel Notatnik i modlitewnik drogowy (Notiz- und Gebetbuch des Reisenden). Cmentarz nieśmiertelnych (Friedhof der Unsterblichen, 2015) ist die Geschichte der Künstlerkolonie von Szklarska Poręba. Andrzej Titkow drehte über ihn 1998 den Dokumentarfilm Sztuka błądzenia (Die Kunst des Wanderns).

Quellen
culture.pl – Henryk Waniek
Melt – Henryk Waniek

Maler (Polen)
Maler des Surrealismus
Bühnenbildner (Polen)
Autor
Roman, Epik
Literatur (Polnisch)
Kunstkritiker
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Mann


When Leslie + Scott contacted us about their destination wedding in Mexico, we we're beyond excited! The Yucatátan peninsula is an absolutely beautiful part of the world and after getting to know them, we knew the trip was going to be special.
We were just south of Cancun, staying at the Moon Palace Golf + Spa Resort. We had great weather the entire week and the wedding day was no different. The sun was definitely out, testing our pale Canadian skin, but we made it through with style (and a little tequila). There was a rooftop reception as the sun went down, giving a spectacular backdrop to the evening's speeches and dance. Just before the sun totally set, we grabbed L+S to get some shots along the beach, as the sky put on a show of vivid colours.
The next day we snuck out to Puerto Morelos for an awesome Day-After session but we will have to save that for another post. For now we just want to thank Leslie + Scott (and their entire crew) for being such great clients and for making this a truly memorable trip. Lastly a special thanks to Ang Brzus for second shooting and all your hard work!


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Charlie Becker
For the Major League Baseball pitcher, see Charlie Becker (baseball).
Becker walked the smallest elephant of his troupe to Merchant's Bank, and made a deposit for Keith's Theatre. The elephant delivered the money satchel directly to the receiving teller.
Karl Becker
(1887-11-24)November 24, 1887
Muschenheim, Hessen, Germany
December 28, 1968(1968-12-28) (aged 81)
Elk Grove, California, United States
Jessie Kelley
(m. 1940; her death 1968)
Karl Becker (November 24, 1887 – December 28, 1968), billed as Charlie Becker, was a German American actor. He was 3'9" in height, and is probably best known for appearing as the Munchkinland Mayor in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Ken Darby dubbed the Mayor's vocals in the film.
3 Filmography
Becker was born near Frankfurt, Germany in the town of Muschenheim. As a teenager, he worked as a butcher, but often struggled to use the knives and other equipment, and was ridiculed by his fellow workers. When he was about 19, he began performing in travelling "midget shows", and eventually joined the Singer Midgets, a famous troupe led by Leo Singer of Austria. The Singer Midgets moved to the United States during World War I, and became popular on the vaudeville circuits. Becker became friends with George Burns, Will Rogers, and other stars of the time.[1]
Becker appeared in a few films during the 1920s and 1930s. These included Spangles (1926), The Terror of Tiny Town (1938), and, most notably, The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which he played the Mayor of Munchkinland.[2] He was chosen for the role because of his large belly, round face, and facial hair, which were thought to be mayoral features.[3] Because of his thick German accent, however, his voice had to be dubbed.[4] On the set of The Wizard of Oz, Becker met his future wife, Jessie Kelley, who played another Munchkin. She was originally from Mahaska, Kansas. The two married in 1940, moved to Washington, Kansas for a short time and later settled in California, where they sometimes worked as stand-ins for child actors. Later in his life, Becker opened his own sausage business.[2]
Becker died of a stroke in California at the end of 1968. His interment (and his wife's) was in Lone Tree Cemetery in Fairview, near Hayward. Some controversy emerged in 1984 when obituaries for the actor Prince Denis stated that he had played the Mayor of Munchkinland.[5] In reality, Denis had played the Sergeant-at-Arms.[6]
Honours[edit]
In 2007, all 124 Munchkin actors in Oz were honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For Becker this was a posthumous honor. Seven surviving Munchkin actors attended the ceremony: Mickey Carroll, Ruth Duccini, Jerry Maren, Margaret Pellegrini, Meinhardt Raabe, Karl Slover and Clarence Swensen.[7]
Filmography[edit]
1926 Spangles Little Tommy Tumtack - Dwarf
1937 All Over Town Bit Part Uncredited
1938 The Terror of Tiny Town The Cook (Otto)
1939 The Wizard of Oz Munchkin Mayor Uncredited, final film role
His performances in All Over Town and The Wizard of Oz were uncredited.
^ Cox, 169-171.
^ a b Cox, 171-173.
^ Rabbe and Kinske. 63.
^ Maren and Cox. 29-30.
^ Cox, 173.
^ Raabe and Kinske. 77.
^ "Munchkins of 'Oz' get a star on Walk of Fame". USA Today. 11/21/2007. Retrieved 08/08/2013.
Stephen Cox. The Munchkins of Oz. Cumberland House Publishing. 2002.
Jerry Maren and Stephen Cox. Short and Sweet: The Life and Times of the Lollipop Munchkin. Cumberland House Publishing, 2006.
Meinhardt Raabe and Daniel Kinske. Memories of a Munchkin: An Illustrated Walk Down the Yellow Brick Road. Back Stage Books, 2005.
Charlie Becker on IMDb
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Becker&oldid=888249981"
Actors with dwarfism
German emigrants to the United States
People from Hesse
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20th-century American male actors
People from Washington County, Kansas
Burials at Lone Tree Cemetery (Fairview, California)
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"My philosophy is about reaching back to move forward," says John. "I have something different to say with a sensibility that is both old and new." The designer credits his early obsession with rock music and the eclectic style of the artists as the catalyst for his interest in fashion. In a classic move, the first thing he does after leasing space for his Chelsea design studio is buy a killer audio system. Great music inspires his first collection and becomes a unifying theme in his design, seen to this day in every expression of the brand.


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| 11th October 2021 |
The government is not heeding warnings on climate change, XR says
The coronavirus pandemic cannot obscure the even greater threat of climate breakdown.
As far our planet's climate is concerned, however, it is almost as if the pandemic never happened.
A little more than a decade ago, Margaret Atwood published The Year of the Flood - the second book in her dystopian MaddAddam trilogy.
The flood in question refers to a waterless flood, which turns out to be a human-devised pandemic that wipes out most of world's population.
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The book makes for sobering reading at a time when Covid-19 is still in full spate across the planet. The title of the book also reminds us, however, that other threats of flooding have not gone away.
As the world's attention is focused entirely upon the coronavirus and its far-reaching ramifications for society and economy, it is as if global heating has stopped; as if the climate emergency has vanished in a puff of hand sanitizer.
True, the massive curtailment of flying and a dramatic reduction in economic activity ought to be reflected in reduced emissions, but the atmosphere continues to accumulate carbon, extreme weather never ceases to take an ever-greater toll on lives and livelihoods, and temperatures are still on the way up.
Furthermore, the results of a new study draw attention to the threat of a very different sort of flood, despite being all but buried beneath an avalanche of coronavirus reports, rumours and rhetoric.
The research harks back to the heady, pre-pandemic days of summer 2019, when blistering weather was shattering temperature records in the UK and across much of Europe.
Ice sheet
Unsurprisingly, the north polar region also roasted, with far-reaching implications for the future prospects of coastal communities hoping to stay above water as the planet heats up and the ice sheets crumble.
For us in the UK, serious heat waves typically translate to hosepipe bans, crop failures and a rise in heat-related deaths amongst the old and infirm in urban centres.
At high latitudes, where extreme summer temperatures collide with a landscape of snow and ice, the ramifications are very different and of global concern.
Of course, the snow and ice always come off worst in such encounters, and such was the case last summer when the rate of melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet reached staggering proportions.
Over the course of the last couple of decades, the ice sheet has shed an average of 289 billion tonnes a year.
During the summer months of 2019, however, this figures touched an astonishing 600 billion tonnes over the course of just two months – sufficient to raise global sea levels by 2.2mm.
This may sound like small beer, but it translates to an annual rate of well over a centimetre. More worryingly, it provides evidence for how sensitive the ice sheet is to sudden rises in air temperatures and for how quickly it responds.
As the Arctic continues to warm, so longer and more intense heat waves are likely to see such melting rates increase even further and occur throughout more months of the year.
For illustrative purposes, a melting rate of 1.1mm maintained across a year would contribute more than a metre towards global sea-level rise by 2100 – virtually on a par with the IPCC's published worst case for the end of the century – and not counting any contribution from the Antarctic or thermal expansion.
Sea-level
Increasingly, observations are making the IPCC worst case look as if it is not a worst case at all – far from it.
Global sea levels are already accelerating dramatically; annual rates climbing from an average of 1.4mm between 1900 and 1990, to 2.1mm from 1970 to 2015 and 5mm between 2015 and 2019.
It is perfectly possible that we are already seeing a doubling of the rate of sea-level rise every two or three decades – only time will tell.
A doubling rate of 20 years would mean that by 2100, global sea levels would be at least 1.5m higher and hurtling upwards at an astonishing 8cm annually.
While this may seem outlandish, it also fits with observations from down under, where Antarctic ice loss tripled in the five years between 2012 and 2017.
A number of research studies, not addressed in the IPCC forecasts, also point in the direction of ocean levels surging beyond 2m by 2100 and continuing to climb by several metres thereafter.
So, while we all deal in our different ways with the Covid-19 'flood', lets not forget that we are in lockdown on a still overheating planet.
The impact of the coronavirus is likely to tail off later in the year, but everything points towards a far bigger and far wetter flood in the future - one that we will have no protection against at all.
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Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at UCL. His novel, SKYSEED, about geoengineering gone wrong, is published by The Book Guild. Sign up for Professor Bill McGuire's newsletter.
Coronavirus, economic crash and climate breakdown
We must push for social and climate justice to be at the heart of recovery efforts as big capital works out how to profit from Covid-19.
Covid, climate, and 'dual metabolic rupture'
| 1st February 2021
We thought climate catastrophe the main danger. Now we know there is another. A double-whammy ecological crisis threatens collapse into dystopian chaos.
Pandemic drop in climate emissions
The UK saw one of the biggest drops in greenhouse emissions as a result of measures to slow the coronavirus pandemic at 13 percent, new analysis suggests.
The circus at the end of the world
'The most important meeting in human history has failed abysmally to rise to the challenge of slashing emissions.'
| 22nd October 2021
Why are fossil fuel companies, their funders, and others with poor environmental credentials, on the list of COP26 conference sponsors?
Stay green, protect Earth, save lives
We need a public education campaign focused on the climate emergency. And we need it now.


Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT), moment variation, is a CiscoR-authorized, self-paced studying instrument for CCVP IP telephony starting place studying. This booklet offers you the information had to set up, configure, and continue a Cisco IP telephony resolution. by way of analyzing this booklet, you are going to achieve a radical knowing of Cisco Unified CallManager model 4.1, the decision routing and signaling part for the Cisco IP telephony solution.Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT) expands your wisdom of voice over IP (VoIP) and public switched mobile community (PSTN) parts and applied sciences. This e-book teaches you the way to explain, set up, configure, and aid Cisco Unified CallManager 4.1 in a Cisco community together with such good points as safety and video; the right way to configure gateways, gatekeepers, and switches; and the way to construct direction plans to put intra- and intercluster Cisco IP telephone calls. bankruptcy overview questions, precise configuration examples, community diagrams, and thorough reasons aid toughen learning.Whether you're getting ready for CCVP certification or just are looking to achieve a greater knowing of IP telephony and Cisco Unified CallManager, you are going to enjoy the beginning details awarded during this book.Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT), moment version, is a part of a prompt studying course from Cisco SystemsR that incorporates simulation and hands-on education from approved Cisco studying companions and self-study items from Cisco Press. to determine extra approximately instructor-led education, e-learning, and hands-on guideline provided via approved Cisco studying companions all over the world, please stopover at www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.Jeremy D. Cioara, CCIER No. 11,727, is the landlord of AdTEC Networks and works as a community advisor, teacher, and writer. He has been operating in community applied sciences for greater than a decade and has deployed networks around the globe. His present consulting paintings makes a speciality of community and VoIP implementations.Examine layout thoughts at the back of a Cisco Unified CallManager cluster, cluster replication, and Cisco Unified CallManager deployment modelsPerform Cisco Unified CallManager server installations and upgradesLearn the positive aspects of all Cisco IP telephones, the IP telephone startup method, and audio codec communicationAdd IP telephone clients and observe bulk strikes, provides, and changesConfigure Cisco gateways and trunksDesign and configure Cisco Unified CallManager course plansImplement telephony name regulations and controlEffectively coordinate multisite deploymentsConfigure person beneficial properties, Cisco Unified CallManager Attendant, and Cisco IP supervisor AssistantSecure the home windows working process and Cisco Unified CallManager administrationPrevent toll fraud and harden the IP mobilephone opposed to attackConfigure Cisco Unified CallManager to aid videoMonitor functionality and configure alarms, strains, and CARThis quantity is within the Certification Self-Study sequence provided via Cisco PressR. Books during this sequence offer formally constructed self-study options to assist networking pros comprehend expertise implementations and get ready for the Cisco profession Certifications examinations.
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CWNA consultant TO instant LANS, third variation provide you with the conceptual wisdom and hands-on abilities had to paintings with instant know-how in a community management atmosphere in addition to go the qualified instant community Administrator (CWNA) examination. The textual content covers basic issues, comparable to making plans, designing, fitting, securing, and configuring instant LANs.
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This data includes the phone extensions on the network, calling restrictions, route plan information, and so on. The database replication capability provided by Microsoft SQL Server makes clustering possible by allowing the same database to be on multiple machines. Database replication makes it appear as if a single machine is handling call processing along with other functions of the voice network and ensures that standby processors (Cisco CallManager servers) can seamlessly step in and fulfill the functions if the primary processor fails.
In the example showing cluster design for 2500 IP Phones, a single Cisco CallManager is the primary server, with a secondary server acting as a dedicated backup. The primary or backup server can also serve as the Microsoft SQL publisher and the TFTP server in smaller IP telephony deployments. Tip Be sure you understand how the two types of intracluster communication apply to the Cisco CallManager cluster design. The publisher and subscriber relationship relates to the SQL database replication. The Primary and Secondary server roles (shown in Figure 2-1 as Primary and Backup) relate to the intracluster run-time relationship and device registration.
5 c. 8 d. 9 e. 12 7. To support a centralized, multisite Cisco CallManager design, what feature should be employed at the remote offices? a. QoS b. SRST c. Classification d. SQL database replication 8. When using a multisite, single-cluster Cisco CallManager design, it is not necessary to employ SRST features to support the IP Phones in the case of Cisco CallManager failure. (True/False) 9. When designing a distributed, multicluster Cisco CallManager design, what pieces of equipment might be necessary to ensure the IP telephony network maintains a consistent and centralized dial plan?