Helen Shorthouse, Tech sector lead for Canterbury Development Corporation, joins David in a first #PWGSD (People Who Get Sh*t Done) episode format; one on one conversation with innovators, creatives and social enterprisers from Aotearoa/New Zealand. This 2nd of three technology themed shows covers some of Helen's role supporting technology growth, and the women in tech initiative she advocates for.
No beer this episode (it was 9am at the office). Fear not we've got big plans afoot for the rest of the month, with THREE additional '2x guests, topics, co-hosts, brews, weeks' episodes recording; all about innovators, creatives and social enterprisers.
Episode runs 35mins, with bonus (and newsworthy) conversation with your favourite co-host and mine, Mr Jaya Gibson, at the end for an additional 10mins.
two weeks in creative endeavour | Patreon: We REALLY appreciate any listener support; whether iTunes reviews, tweets and retweets, or financial patronage to help us continue and grow what we've been doing over the last year of podcasting from Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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twice: We (usually) bribe innovators, creatives +social enterprisers with beer. They share amazing audio stories from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Produced, edited and co-hosted by David Binstead, with regular co-host Jaya Gibson and occasional guest co-hosts.
Episode #30 with tech guests Ben Reid and Morgan Wilson publishes late October.


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Численост на населението според преброяванията през годините:
 1961 – 57 души
 1971 – 26 души
 1981 – 9 души
 1991 – 10 души
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The 38th annual Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Day will be held at the Homewood campus on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
This one-day event is a showcase of the completed ME Senior Design projects. Our teams of keen Seniors will give a presentation about their work, and there will be an exhibition and posters in the foyer nearby.
Each team of Seniors has an industry sponsor, and industry problem, and industry funding. They are challenged to design, build, test and document a device or system to serve a real need. Over two semesters the Seniors work closely with engineers at the sponsor organization, and with Faculty at Hopkins, to brainstorm, prototype, refine and test their designs. It is an opportunity for deep learning of how to apply the tools of engineering science, teamwork, communication and creativity.
For those attending, directions to the JHU campus can be found here.
The 2019 Senior Design Day brochure will be available soon.


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Sparrow Health Systems Lansing, MI, USA
General Purpose of the Job: Supports the functions of the Medical Staff Services Department through thorough, accurate and timely administrative oversight and management of the Medical Staff peer review process, support of the Centralized Quality and Peer Review Committee (CPRQC), implementation of the Medical Staff medical records delinquency notification procedure, and provides general administrative/clerical support to the Medical Director, Physician Performance, as well as the Chiefs of Staff. Essential Duties: This job description is intended to cover the minimum essential duties assigned on a regular basis. Caregivers may be asked to perform additional duties as assigned by their leader. Leadership has the right to alter or modify the duties of this position. Provide administrative and clerical support for Medical Staff meetings, including but not limited to the Centralized Peer Reviw and Quality Committee (CPRQC), and the associated workgroup, Centralized Peer Review Triage (CPR Triage), including preparation and dissemination of meeting agendas, supporting materials and facilitation of associated follow-up Perform accurate and timely data entry, management and follow up of Medical Staff peer review cases, within established protocol, into the peer review database/software and with associated physicians/Caregivers Produce periodic peer review trending reports and other periodic peer review reports for CPRQC and MSEC Function as a liaison with the Medical Staff, physician leaders and various internal Caregivers to communicate medical staff matters confidentially and facilitate resolution to identified concerns with the applicable parties Assist in the coordination, facilitation and administrative/clerical support of the Physician Communications Program Provider general administrative/clerical support to the Medical Director, Physician Performance and Medical Staff Services Department, including but not limited to answering phones, preparing meeting agendas, reports and presentations, ordering supplies, etc. Obtain and continuously apply working knowledge of Medical Staff peer review functions and legal protections, as well as accreditation standards and associated regulatory requirements to support peer review functions Successfully manage multiple time sensitive tasks with varying time lines and deadlines to achieve exceptional administrative results As necessary, assist with management/oversight of the Medical Staff call schedule or associated call schedule tasks Delinquent Medical Record oversight and OP Note Compliance Other duties as assigned Job Requirements Work Experience: See education subsection below Education: Associate's degree in health, law or business-related field, & two years medical staff services/credentialing or health care related administrative support OR high school diploma & four years medical staff services/credentialing or health care-related administrative/executive support experience Specialized Knowledge and Skills: Skills & Abilities Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent internal and external customer services skills with Caregivers, physicians, office managers and executives Excellent organizational and follow up/tracking skills; ability to apply critical thinking skills to processes and tasks Ability to work independently, as well as under general supervision Advanced proficiency with Microsoft office applications, specifically Excel, Word and Power Point Proficiency with credentialing/privileging and other similar database/software programs Knowledge, Skills & Experience Preferred Experience in Medical Staff Services functions in a hospital environment Experience with continuous management/oversight of Medical Staff peer review functions Experience with credentialing/privileging software such as ECHO or CACTUS Sparrow Health System is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. Job Family Administrative/Clerical Requirements: Shift: Days Degree Type / Education Level: Associate Status: Full-time Facility: Sparrow Hospital Experience Level: Under 4 Years
Delta Apparel Inc. Duluth, GA, USA
Description Identify areas of risk, trends, or processes that require immediate or further review and ensure that the appropriate staff members are notified timely. Conduct follow-up reviews of financial, operational, or regulatory compliance deficiencies noted during audits. Prepare memos, process walkthroughs, and reports based on audit findings. Assist the independent auditors with annual and interim substantive/SOX testing as requested. Assist with special projects as requested. Assist in the scope and schedule of the internal audit department for the coming year. Present findings to the divisional leadership, when appropriate. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, databases and tools. CPA/CIA preferred but not required. Public accounting experience preferred but not required. Bachelor's degree in Business related field. Experience and employment history will be considered Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
Managing Director, Namchak LLC
About Namchak The Namchak Foundation promotes the growth, study, and practices of the Namchak lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Namchak helps people from all backgrounds increase happiness and meaning in their lives through meditation practice, community, and retreat, whether they are Buddhist or not. Namchak LLC is a Missoula, Montana-based company supporting the activities and mission of the Foundation. The Opportunity and Key Responsibilities Namchak LLC is looking for a Managing Director to lead this multifaceted and unique endeavor that includes the creation of a web of student groups across the nation, an online supported educational program, and the construction of a retreat complex. Reporting to a three-member Executive Committee, the Managing Director will lead the day to day operations including supervision of the staff, oversight of the Retreat Ranch build-out, and support of Education and Outreach programs. It will be the Managing Director's responsibility to support the teams in successfully implementing the strategic plan, meeting goals on time, and within the approved budgets. Every bit as important will be working collaboratively across the organization to ensure a healthy culture and business practices that align and reflect Namchak's mission and values. Ideal Candidate Profile We seek a manager with a collaborative, nurturing nature who will respect Namchak's vision and goals, and embrace its core values of peace, respect, openness, compassion, honesty, and patience. A guide and mentor at heart, the ideal candidate is a proven people manager and community builder. Strategic and self-motivated, the ideal candidate is able to work independently as well as with the support of the executive leadership team, consultants, volunteers, and fellow staff. With a successful track record leading operations and teams in multifaceted organizations, the ideal candidat e has strong communications skills to convey the importance of the mission and the transformative educational experience that Namchak's courses, conversations, and connections can provide. They have the emotional intelligence to support the Executive team and staff to manifest our vision in our authentic and kind dealings with each other as human beings and to sound that same note in the world. We work with a diverse student body and we are looking for an appreciation of people of diverse ethnicities and orientations. A full position profile can be found here . Qualifications Summary A minimum of five years of executive level managerial experience in a dynamic, multi-faceted environment Operational leadership track record, strong strategic thinking, and an ability to manage multiple priorities Proven leadership that embodies respect, teamwork, and collaboration from a diverse and dedicated staff Demonstrated budget development expertise and the proven ability to interpret, forecast, and manage financial statements A track-record of backing decisions and assertions with evidence, facts, and data An undergraduate degree is required Given the nature and purpose of our organization, we are looking for someone who has a personal meditation practice, and an interest in personal growth is desired Commensurate with experience, compensation will include an excellent benefits package and salary within the mid $100,000s range. TO BE CONSIDERED Please submit your resume and cover letter expressing your passion for the mission and fit for the role via Waldron's candidate web portal . The Namchak LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants who contribute to this diversity are strongly encouraged to apply. The search for a Managing Director for the Namchak LLC is being assisted by a team from Waldron: Melissa Merritt Principal Direct: 206.792.4300 melissam@waldronhr.com Eliza Kinrose Engagement Manager Direct: 415.529.2057 eliza@waldronhr.com Joanne Machin Senior Associate Direct: 206.792.4219 joanne@waldronhr.com

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Staffan (Tahvo) Kruus (29 December 1862, Valkjärvi - 15 November 1918) was a Finnish farmer, bank director and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1 June 1909 (representing the Eastern constituency of the Vyborg province) to 28 February 1910, representing the Finnish Party.

Kruus' parents were locksmith Petter Kruus and Anna Karhu. Kruus was a farmer and land trader in Kivennava from 1890 to 1918, and in 1918 he also worked as the manager of the Terijoki branch of the National Equity Bank.

Kruus was a Member of Parliament from 1909 to 1910, representing the eastern constituency of Vyborg Oblast. He also served as head of the Kivennava municipal council and was a member of the council that opposed the unification of the New Church and Kivennava into the St. Petersburg governorate in the early 1910s. Tahvo Kruus was married in 1883 to Anna Sirkia (formerly Seppänen). He remarried in 1886 to Maria Havia.

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Repairing Britain
UK Public Affairs
Writing exclusively for Endeavour Public Affairs, Loyd Grossman OBE FSA, Chairman of The Heritage Alliance, highlights the importance of the UK's built heritage, both in terms of tourism and the wider construction industry. In his article he calls on the Chancellor to see the UK's rich historic environment as an asset to our leisure, construction and tourism industries, and to our quality of life and sense of national pride. He calls on the Chancellor to support this sector in his upcoming budget; in particular he would like to see the introduction of a five per cent VAT rate for building repair and maintenance work.
Loyd Grossman has a background in journalism and television and is the creator of one of the UK's most successful premium food brands. He is a former Commissioner of the Museums and Galleries Commission, a former Commissioner of English Heritage, a former Commissioner of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, a founding member of the Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council, past Chairman of National Museums Liverpool, and of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. He founded the 24 Hour Museum (now Culture 24) and was its Chairman until 2005.
He is Patron of the Association for Heritage Interpretation and Patron of Heritage Open Days. He is President of the British Association of Friends of Museums and a Fellow of St Deiniol's Library. He is an Emeritus Governor of the LSE and a Member of the Council of the British School in Rome. In 2007 he was appointed Chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust, and in 2008 he became Chairman of the University for the Creative Arts.
To follow Loyd Grossman on Twitter – @loydgrossman
The future of our national heritage is rarely headline stuff in the Chancellor's Budget. On the contrary, there was a public slap in the face last year when a rare VAT exemption for alterations to listed buildings was abolished in a misguided stab at "tidying up" so-called tax anomalies.
VAT levied at 20 per cent on repairs, alterations, and improvements but zero per cent on new build discriminates against our existing historic building stock, whether that is the half a million outstanding buildings protected for public benefit or the broader tranche of traditional but unprotected buildings that make our towns village and cities so distinctive. If, as the Exchequer Secretary wrote to me last year, the Government wants "a sustainable private sector-led economic recovery", then reviewing every barrier to investment including maintenance work is urgent.
In his speech on the economy last week, the Prime Minister noted that "Britain is in a global race. There's a fierce battle for our economic future with great shifts in wealth taking place from West to East." In that "fierce battle" our cultural heritage and historic environments give the UK a unique competitive advantage. We should be protecting and developing that advantage as a contemporary resource for a dynamic and entrepreneurial society. Our heritage is an essential part of the growth story. Images of our historic environment vividly convey to people all over the world that ours is a good country to visit, to live in, and in which to do business.
The economic impact of the historic environment is most frequently expressed in terms of tourism expenditure, valued at some £20.6 billion a year and sustaining nearly half a million jobs. The range and quality of our built heritage is a powerful motivator in people's decisions to visit. The Government can influence this through policies ranging from visa regulations especially for those coming from BRIC countries and bringing with them new money from economies healthier than ours, to funding the tourism infrastructure or campaigns like Britain is GREAT, all vital to maximise the legacy of the world-wide coverage of the fabulous historic backdrops that accompanied the Queen's Jubilee and the London Olympics.
The construction-related economic impact of our historic environment has been underplayed. As a whole, construction activity fell by 8.2 per cent over 2012 according to the Office for National Statistics. It is still 18 per cent below the 2008 level and more than 400,000 jobs have been lost. Despite the very public debate over new housing starts and major infrastructure projects – will they/wont they kick start a stubbornly flat economy – construction austerity is likely to last until 2018. New build is a tiny proportion of construction activity, significantly less than 10 per cent of the total market, and a fifth of our building stock dates from before 1919.
It would be effective, and fast, to unshackle the repair, maintenance and improvement element of the construction industry. Repair and maintenance work was worth £37 billion in 2010.
Re-using and adapting older buildings is government policy, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, underpinning its commitments to sustainable development and energy efficiency.
Repair and maintenance work generates local incomes and employment. Builders specialising in heritage work are typically small businesses, exactly those SMEs where growth begins. Income generated via trades relating to historic buildings repair tend to be spent locally and so acts as an agent of local economic regeneration.
Major new infrastructure projects are notoriously slow to get off the ground. There would be more rapid and immediate benefit in more "shovel ready" regeneration projects if only they were not so heavily discriminated against by a VAT rate of 20 per cent.
The Chancellor does have some room for manoeuvre within the European VAT regime. 15 per cent is the lowest possible standard rate but a general, temporary, reduction in VAT to 17.5 per cent, is one option that has already been floated. More attractive is the more limited but long term option under Annexe III to the 6th VAT Directive which allows Members States to apply a much lower rate, down to five per cent, on repair maintenance and improvement works to dwellings in private ownership. That would boost the renovation market and bring vacant and underused properties back into use.
Our rich historic environment is not a luxury nor a liability but an asset: an asset to our leisure, construction and tourism industries and to our quality of life and sense of national pride. With VAT working in its favour, our built heritage could make a far greater contribution to economic recovery and a prosperous future.


Welcome to the Cabinet Style Studio kitchen and bath showroom! Located in Chicago, our showroom features an interactive live kitchen with SubZero and Wolf appliances. Additional interactive displays include products from Fieldstone Cabinetry, Ultracraft Cabinetry, Kohler, Caesar Stone, and more! A great deal of care was taken to provide the prospective client physical access to the wide range of options available. Creating a custom designed space, be it a kitchen or a bath, requires certain understandings that our showroom is designed to clarify. Clients are cared for personally by someone who understands the details. Offering up to 40% off on name brand cabinetry, many prices comparable to the Home Centers. Free local measure and estimates, makes Cabinet Style Studio an asset to any remodeling project.
From Traditional to Transitional to Modern Contemporary, each project is exclusively created to complement the clients' lifestyle. Unique to any aesthetic, budget, and functionality, at Cabinet Style Studio we take pride in personalizing each project according to the needs of the family. Here, we help guide clients from the design process to installation; providing attention to detail in each project. Here are a few of our completed timeless designs.
Cabinet Style Studio offers top rated products brands and cabinet vendors. We work in cadence with our product providers to bring your vision to reality. Each company is trusted and vetted for their quality and reliability; many of whom provide extensive warranties on their products. The brands we represent were chosen to not only serve the clients' needs, but to also deliver any details you may want. Take a moment to learn about some of our featured Vendors/Brands below.
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Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity is proud to announce that it has taken a significant step to broaden its reach and deepen its impact on the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the devastating disease named for Brother Lou Gehrig. This month Phi Delta Theta is launching The LiveLikeLou Foundation, a stand-alone 501c3 not-for-profit entity with a national scope.
Neil and Suzanne Alexander established LiveLikeLou in 2011 when Neil, a University of Pittsburgh Phi Delt, was diagnosed with ALS. Originally established as a grassroots fund within The Pittsburgh Foundation, LiveLikeLou quickly became a leading entity in the fight against ALS in Western Pennsylvania, creating awareness of ALS, assisting families in the community, and fulfilling a $2.5 million pledge to build The LiveLikeLou Center for ALS Research, a $10 million partnership between LiveLikeLou and the University of Pittsburgh. The achievement became the largest ALS research effort of its kind in Western Pennsylvania history. Along with the success on the research front, LiveLikeLou also established a $1 million endowment for ongoing patient care in Western, Pennsylvania.
Because Brother Gehrig said, "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth," when he retired from baseball on July 4, 1939, Neil Alexander was inspired and said, "I feel lucky too." He used all of his energy, rallied his friends and family, and developed a personal mission to "Leave ALS Better Than He Found It." Neil died from ALS in March 2015, leaving his wife and two children, Abby and Patrick, to carry on his vision.
Phi Delta Theta's desire to further enhance and focus its commitment to the fight against ALS led the two entities to begin conversations. Together, Phi Delta Theta's long-standing commitment to have a meaningful impact on the disease, coupled with LiveLikeLou's successful model of advancing the ALS cause forward, have the ability to further drive Phi Delta Theta's leadership in finding a cure.
Phi Delta Theta will encourage all ALS-related philanthropic efforts by its members, chapters, colonies, and alumni clubs to support The LiveLikeLou Foundation, its mission, and the strategy it deploys to impact the fight against ALS. The LiveLikeLou Foundation will also build support from corporations and non-Phi Delt donors to expand its funding abilities. Exploring opportunities to make a multi-year, multi-million dollar pledge to a leading ALS research center in the United States will be an initial focus, similar to what LiveLikeLou executed with the LiveLikeLou Center for ALS Research at the University of Pittsburgh. Patient care and support for families who have been affected by ALS will also play a role in the Foundation's strategy.
Phi Delta Theta's Iron Phi program will operate within the walls of LiveLikeLou and the dollars raised for ALS research through the program will be applied to LiveLikeLou's commitments to research initiatives.
– Steve Good – Vice President of Growth & Communications, Phi Delta Theta, and creator of Iron Phi program.
Fundraising Services – Cultivation and coaching of chapters, colonies, alumni clubs, individual alumni and corporations in their philanthropic and service pursuits that support the entity.
Impact – Identification of partners within the ALS community and distribution of funds to research and care services to support them.
Administration – Financial management, stewardship of funds, reporting, etc.
Suzanne Alexander will assume the role as the Director of The LiveLikeLou Foundation and will join Steve Good, Phi Delta Theta's Vice President of Growth and Communication, to set up the board of directors, determine administrative processes, lead the search for research funding partners, and assist with individual, chapter, and alumni fundraising activities to support ALS.
Assemble The LiveLikeLou Foundation's Board and determine priorities.
Create temporary fundraising mechanisms and establish administration structures in order to accept donations.
Establish funding targets to help guide cultivation efforts with potential ALS research entities.
Begin cultivation of ALS research funding opportunities and name partner(s) and commitment(s).
Initiate educational efforts and fundraising coaching with Phi Delta Theta chapters, colonies and alumni clubs.
Develop fundraising technologies for supporters to utilize and re-launch the LiveLikeLou.org website.
Pinpoint marketing strategies to build the LiveLikeLou brand.
Create donor recognition programs to celebrate those who support LiveLikeLou.
All inquiries about The LiveLikeLou Foundation can be directed to Steve Good via email.
I was impressed reading the story on the LiveLike Lou Foundation. My roommate Al Todd and brother Phi Delt at Clemson passed away from ALS. I have recently relocated near Clemson and have visited the Chapter with other alumni.
My thought was to investigate the possibility of creating a fund raising event in Al's hometown of Greenwood, SC to honor him and raise funds for ALS research. We have a brother that owns a golf course in Greenwood and could possibly agree to have an event.
Please contact me with your thoughts on this type of fund raising event.
I have a son-in-law with ALS- wife and three young children ages eight, five, three. I was recently told that your wonderful fraternityhas a mission to support those with ALS. we continue to do all we can to support but any additional help is always wonderful.


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Tabata workouts consist of 4 minutes of high intensity, fat-burning cardio exercises that will give you serious results. With 20 seconds of intense exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated 8 times, it's a great way to get a full body workout, and we've found tons of challenges that can be done at home. Whether you're looking for tabata workouts for beginners, or want something more advanced, this collection of workout videos is for you!


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New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance
Elna Baker
Published By: Dutton Adult
Review by Sara Porter
Elna Barker is similar to the characters in Candace Bushnell's and Jennifer Weiner's novels, a single woman looking for love and her own identity in New York. What makes Baker stand out from the others is that she is Mormon and her memoirs discuss the difficulties of not only being a single woman, but being a single Mormon woman in New York City.
Baker has a clear witty style to her writing that sees humor in many things. She writes of the title dance as a place where "Manhattan Mormons meet, marry and make more Mormons (take that, Sally and your seashells by the seashore)." She goes to these events that serve punch and cookies, hold embarrassing mingle sessions, and features people dressed in ridiculous costumes dancing to "Cotton Eyed Joe" and "The Electric Slide." Though Baker vows that she will never go, she always does to meet the man of her dreams and hopefully marry him.
Baker's romantic journey is a study in various men and misconceptions caused by her and the men. They range from her first kiss from a neighbor boy to a necking session in a swank nightclub with "Warren Beatty" (a famous actor that she won't name, but gives Beatty's name as a pseudonym). By far, the strongest relationship is with Matt, a bright intelligent atheist who she believes would be her soul mate except, as Baker writes, "he doesn't believe in souls." Her chapters with Matt are lovely, but ultimately upsetting as neither can really come to terms with their differences.
There are other stories that are interesting, such as Baker's trips with her family where she is considered "the funny one" and is in constant rivalry with her older sister who is considered "the pretty one." There are also Baker's jobs as a toy tester at FAO Schwartz and as a page at David Letterman which consists of her doing things that say "You and your family want to be left alone, but I'm an actor and I need attention."
Above all, the book is about Baker's struggles with her Mormon faith. She discredits a lot of misconceptions such as all Mormons live in Utah (she never did, but her parents went to school at BYU) and that they say no to everything-sex, caffeine, drugs ("There is a lot that (she) will say 'yes' too). But Baker herself has her own misconceptions, when her faith is tested particularly during offers of sex. Her beliefs are wittily described in charts on what she believed and what she used to believe such as "I believe in the power of uncertainty-or do I?" and "A chart can explain my complicated relationship with my faith."


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"The Dinosaur Artist" Review: Bad Boy Makes Old Bones Big Business
Posted by Richard Conniff on September 10, 2018
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On a Thursday afternoon in May 2012, a paleontologist named Bolortsetseg Minjin was having lunch near the American Museum of Natural History in New York when she heard a news broadcast about a spectacular dinosaur being put up for auction. It was a specimen of Tarbosaurus bataar, a 70-million-year-old close kin and look-alike of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Heritage Auctions, which bills itself as "the world's largest collectibles auctioneer," had it splashed across the centerfold of its sale catalog. In midstride, with the mouth on the 4-foot-long skull gaping to show its spiky teeth, and its counterbalancing tail stretched out behind, Lot 49135 stood 8 feet tall and 24 feet long. The auction would take place that Sunday afternoon, just three days off, at a converted warehouse a short subway ride south of the museum. The estimate was that it would sell for $950,000 to $1.5 million. There was only one hitch: Read the rest of this entry »
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Inside China's Motherlode of Ancient Monsters
Posted by Richard Conniff on April 26, 2018
Junchang Lü and friend (Photo: Richard Conniff)
by Richard Conniff/Smithsonian Magazine
Not long ago in northeastern China, I found myself being driven in a Mercedes Benz SUV down a winding country road, trailed by a small motorcade of local dignitaries, past flat-roofed brick farmhouses and fields full of corn stubble. Abruptly, we arrived at our destination, and my guide, a stylishly-dressed woman named Fangfang, slipped out of her high heels into fieldwork gear: pink sneakers with bright blue pompoms on the Velcro straps.
We were visiting a dinosaur dig, but it was also a museum in the early stages of construction—steel beams riveted together to form oddly birdlike layers, stacked one atop another, climbing a hillside in two parallel rows. At the top, a central pavilion connecting the two rows looked like a bird about to take off. The new museum didn't have a definite name yet, though it is due to open sometime next year. But it was unmistakably huge. It was also expensive (Fanfang thought $28 million for construction alone). And it was in the middle of nowhere.
We were in a rural village called Sihetun, in the western part of Liaoning Province. And in the exuberant fashion of a lot of modern development in China, the new museum is going up in anticipation of visitors arriving by speed train from Beijing, 250 miles to the southwest, except that the speed train hasn't been built yet. More sensibly, the new museum is going up to celebrate the epicenter of modern paleontological discovery, an area that is at least as rich in fossils, and in some ways as wild, as the American West during the great era of dinosaur discovery in the late nineteenth century.
Liaoning Province (pronounced "lee-ow-NING") is an area about the size of Michigan, sandwiched between Inner Mongolia and North Korea. It used to be known mainly for coal, corn, and decrepit factories, which have given it a reputation as "China's rust belt." That's put it off the usual itinerary for the average tourist. But developments over the past quarter-century have made it a point of pilgrimage for people interested in fossils.
Liaoning farmer and fossil hunter Lang Shi Kuang (Photo: Stefen Chow)
In the mid-1990s, on that hillside in Sihetun, a farmer planting a tree stumbled onto the world's first known feathered dinosaur, a creature now named Sinosauropteryx (meaning "the China dragon wing"). Actually, the farmer found two halves of a slab, each preserving a mirror image of this dinosaur. In the freebooting spirit that has characterized the fossil trade in the area ever since, he promptly sold half to one unwitting museum, and half to another. It was the start of a fossil gold rush.
Since then, the region has produced more than 40 dinosaur species, and they have inevitably grabbed the headlines. Standing on a hillside a few minutes from the new museum site, my guide pointed out the low hills of a nearby farm where Yutyrannus, a 3100-pound feathered dinosaur, turned up a few years ago. (Think Tyrannosaurus rex, but plumed like a Mardi Gras Indian.) This was also the former home range of Anchiornis huxleyi, a chicken-size creature with enough preserved detail to become the first dinosaur ever described feather-by-feather in its authentic colors—an event one paleontologist likened to "the birth of color tv."
What has emerged from beneath the fields of Liaoning (and parts of neighboring provinces) is, however, bigger than dinosaurs: A couple of decades of digging have yielded Read the rest of this entry »
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The Dinosaur Who Taught Us How To Look At Birds
Posted by Richard Conniff on October 15, 2016
by Richard Conniff/Takepart.com
It's a little embarrassing to admit this, as a wildlife writer, but I didn't used to think fossils mattered all that much. I wanted to know what was happening to wildlife right now. And fossils were so very then, so 66 million years ago.The fossil that woke me from my ignorance is named Deinonychus. If that sounds like too much of a mouthful, too much like science, just bear with me for a minute: This story comes with a Jurassic Park plot twist. It also involves correcting a mistake I recently repeated in print.
The Deinonychus story began one afternoon in late August 1964, near Bridger, Montana. John Ostrom, a paleontologist at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, was standing with an assistant on the flank of a conical hill and considering sites for the following summer's fieldwork—when the answer appeared before them in the form of a large claw eroding out of the slope just below. They soon unearthed an astonishing foot: Two of the three toes had ordinary claws. But from the innermost toe, a sharp claw, sickle shaped and 4.7 inches in length, curved murderously up and out. Ostrom gave the new species the name Deinonychus because it means "terrible claw" in Greek.
In the public imagination then, dinosaurs were plodding, thunderous monsters, cold-blooded, swamp bound, and stupid. Even paleontologists had lost interest in these "symbols of obsolescence and hulking inefficiency," Ostrom's student Robert T. Bakker later wrote. "They did not appear to merit much serious study because they did not seem to go anywhere: no modern vertebrate groups were descended from them."
Deinonychus didn't fit the plodding stereotype. On the contrary, Read the rest of this entry »
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The Man Who Saved The Dinosaurs
Posted by Richard Conniff on July 12, 2014
John Ostrom, in the field
In the summer of 1970, early in the research that would radically transform how we think about birds, dinosaurs, and the origins of animal flight, Yale paleontologist John H. Ostrom was traveling through Europe studying pterosaur fossils. His itinerary took him, in early September, to the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Ostrom, then 42, was an unprepossessing figure and the world's leading authority on dinosaurs, and the museum curator was pleased to leave him alone with the twin halves of the limestone slab catalogued TM6928 and 29.
This fossil was a dinner plate–size muddle of limb fragments, vertebrae, and ribs preserved in limestone from the Solnhofen beds. It had been discovered near Riedenburg, Germany, in 1855 and named by the great nineteenth-century paleontologist Hermann von Meyer. Von Meyer later became famous for the first scientific description, in 1861, of Archaeopteryx. Coming just after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, the unveiling of that 150-million-year-old urvogel, or archetypal primitive bird, made an international sensation. With Archaeopteryx, it seemed as if the proof of evolutionary theory had arrived, like the Ten Commandments, engraved in stone. But in 1857, the confusing fossil von Meyer was describing—the future TM6928 and 29—seemed like something far more ordinary: another pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. He dubbed it Pterodactylus crassipes.
That didn't make sense to Ostrom as he puzzled over the ankles, toes, and arm bones of the fossil that day in 1970. He could envision the ways they might fit together just by examining the proportions of the bones and the shape of their articulations. But it wasn't like any pterosaur he had ever seen. Ostrom had recently finished describing a remarkable dinosaur he had discovered a few years earlier in Montana. His monograph on Deinonychus included exquisitely detailed descriptions showing how the bone endings and attachments helped make these dinosaurs such fast, agile little killers. To Ostrom, the bones of the Teylers specimen looked an awful lot like those of Deinonychus. And there was something more.
Half of the Teylers specimen
Ostrom picked up one of the slabs, carried it over to the window, and held it up at an angle in the light. First one way, then the other. The late afternoon sun caught on some faint ridges. Ostrom was seeing, unmistakably, the clear impression of feathers. This fossil wasn't Pterodactylus after all. It was another Archaeopteryx. In fact, it would have been the scientific world's first Archaeopteryx, if von Meyer had gotten his taxonomy right.
In 1970, only three other specimens of Archaeopteryx were known to exist. But this was by no means the only thing that excited Ostrom at that moment. His mind was already ticking over about the resemblance to Deinonychus—and the unsettling idea that the wrist and shoulder bones of a primitive bird should be identical to those of a small meat-eating dinosaur.
To write a proper technical description, Ostrom needed to take the specimen home to the Peabody Museum at Yale for closer study. A crisis of conscience ensued: should he mislead the Teylers curator, telling him it was merely a pterosaur, only to make the great discovery back home? Or should he come out with the truth and risk that the museum would lock up these suddenly precious slabs of rock? Being a "squeaking honest" man, in the words of a former student, Ostrom confessed his belief that it was Archaeopteryx.
The curator immediately took back TM6928 and 29 and hurried out of the room. Ostrom slumped in his seat, despairing. A few minutes later, the curator returned Read the rest of this entry »
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Jurassic Park and the Fear of Feathers
Posted by Richard Conniff on May 9, 2013
Anchiornis huxleyi in full feather (Illustration: Michael DiGiorgio)
The much-delayed Jurassic Park 4 sequel was delayed again early this week, and it's tempting to imagine that animal science might be the reason. (Okay, tempting and really, really stupid, but indulge me for a bit.) This lucrative movie franchise dates back 20 years now, to 1993, which is like saying it started somewhere in the Cenozoic as far as our understanding of dinosaurs goes.
When the original Jurassic Park was still in its first theatrical run, paleontologists were already digging up what has since become a gaudy parade of fossils demonstrating that dinosaurs were in fact frequently tricked out with feathers, feather-like filaments, and even a three-inch-thick coating of "dino fuzz."
Universal Pictures grudgingly acknowledged this new science when it released Jurassic Park III in 2001. Like an anxious parent in the Punk Rock era, it allowed Velociraptor to flaunt a miserable little mohawk of about a dozen filaments sprouting out of the top of its head.
But otherwise the franchise has conformed to the stereotype of dinosaurs as scaly, naked red-eyed monsters. And for an obvious reason: A Tyrannosaurus rex that looked like Big Bird might not have audiences wetting their pants in the balcony, or opening their wallets at the box office. So back in March, Colin Trevorrow, tapped as the latest director in the series, tweeted: "No feathers. #JP4"
But maybe now he's gone back for a re-think.
A Hollywood velociraptor
Here's where the fossil evidence currently stands, as outlined by Julia Clarke, a University of Texas paleontologist who is also the author of an article "Feathers Before Flight," appearing today, May 9, in the journal Science: Paleontologists have been thinking about the connection between dinosaurs and living birds since the discovery of the fossil bird Archaeopteryx back in 1861, and especially since 1970, when John Ostrom at Yale University pointed out the many similarities between bird skeletons and those of the Theropoda dinosaurs, including T. rex and Velociraptor.
The current revolution began in the mid-1990s, when … to read the full article click here.
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A Comparison You've Yet To Hear.
By: Joseph Murphy
In: AlCapone, BonnieandClyde, comparisons, DonaldTrump, HomerVanMeter
Damn, we sure do love to compare shit in tis country, do't we? Sports nuts compare stats, standings and schedules until the cows come home. We compare our new car to our old one. We compare our current spouse, boyfriend,girlfriend to our previous one. Hell, we even compare our current dog to all of our past pooches, just to see which one slobbered on us the most if blind affection.
But for the last two years, if there is one thing we have loved to compare above all others, it's one Donald John Trump. In terms of history, I have called him the $1 Store Caligula, the Pocket Caesar, the Orange Julius, and in one article I had a pic of him in a toga, dressed like Nero, fiddling away while Rome burned. In more current history, Trump has been compared to Richard Nixon, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini. All of those comparisons are uniformly negative for Trump, yet his base is as loyal and fervent as ever. Why?
Let's be honest, the typical Trump supporter is no Rhodes scholar. Hell, we've got actual Rhodes scholars running against Trump, so what does that tell you. Most reporting and analysis says that Trump voters tend to be less educates, lower income, white, and older. good swatch of them are disaffected Democratic voters who feel that the party dumped them for the Starbucks-Wall Street circuit.
If you ask them, they'll tell you that they support Trump because he's an outsider, or a "tough guy," whatever that is, or a real estate mogul who can fix the country. They tell you that, but basically, they're full of shit.
What Trump supporters love most about Trump is that he gets away with shit. Not only that, but he flaunts getting away with whatever shit he's currently getting away with. From rubbing his current wife's nose in his infidelities, to being the worlds worst businessman, to threatening anybody he hates with lawsuits, to flipping double barrel birds at creditors with bankruptcies, Trump gets away with it all. He s"sticks it to the man," whomever "the man" is. And he gts away with shit that they themselves are too chicken shit to try to get away with.
Back in the 1930's, we had a helluva depression going on. There were way more have-nots than haves. And who were the cultural heroes to the downtrodden and oppressed in the 1930's? Freakin' bank robbers, that's who! Forget the fact that when Bonnie and Clyde robbed the local bank, they got away with the last $6 you had to your name for a rainy day, they were "sticking it to the man," and all of the hopeless lost of the depression cheered them on. When these thugs were caught, people mobbed up in front of the courthouse to cheer them on their way in and out. The best of them was Al Capone, who used pocket change from his operations to set up a/soup kitchen, where people down on their luck could get a free hot meal. Celebrities, politicians, and even judges were known to drop into Big Al's soup kitchen for a bite. And people loved him for being a murderous maniac.
So, if we're going to compare Donald Trump to a historical figure, I suggest we start with John Dillinger. Maybe Homer Van Meter. or, considering his frequent temper tantrums, more appropriately George "Baby Face" Nelson. Because this comparison is the only thing that adequately explains his die hard following. The great downtrodden of the 1930's knew that Bonnie and Clyde were bad, vicious, sociopathic creatures and they didn't care. And by now, everybody with the IQ of celery knows that Trump's public persona is pure, unadulterated bullshit. They just don't care. It's the only explanation that fits.
Copies of President Evil, and the sequel, President Evil II, A Clodwork Orange are still sitting around collecting dust, and Amazon is starting to send me nasty e-mails. And what better time to get reacquainted with the roller coaster that was the 2016 election cycle than before the release of the final volume of the trilogy, President Evil III, All the Presidents Fen.
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Where do most Norway's imports come from and which countries does it export to?
What are the most popular Norwegian products?
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Before starting an e-business project, you need to decide what it is that you will be selling. How will you monetize your online business?
How will your site be monetized?
There are other pay-per-click networks that share their revenue with website publishers and offer unique features.
As your site grows in popularity you can start receiving requests for direct advertising. You can offer this at a rate you decide and can base this on advertising rates on similar sites.
This is also referred to as affiliate marketing. The most popular affiliate program is Amazon.com Associates. Although they pioneered affiliate marketing, the are by no means the only affiliate program available. From flowers to travel, you can find an affiliate program for almost any niche and topic. There are also affiliate programs for selling digital products such as ClickBank. Affiliate marketing works best if you can add your own point of view and recommendations on products you will be promoting.
Just like with get-paid-per-click advertising, you copy-and-paste code snippets of products. These snippets include your unique affiliate id so that if someone makes a purchase as a result of following a link from your website, you can credit a certain percentage of the sale.
The advantage of affiliate marketing is that you can start selling right away after being approved (which can take 24hrs to a few business days). Also, you don't need to stock inventory and don't need to worry about delivery. Additionally, promoting affiliate products or services on your e-business site can also be a smart idea while you build your own inventory of products.
Quality domain names are sought after as they are the backbone of online advertising and marketing. They can be registered at a very low cost (around $9-$20 per year) and resold at high profit. Generic domains can also be developed into niche portals. For example, if you own the domain BuyAlligatorBoots.com, you can develop it into a mini niche site selling alligator boots from Amazon or another affiliate. Or if you own DietNutritionPlans.com, you can sell nutrition books and e-books via Amazon.com, ClickBank, eBay, etc. Another example is say if you own TravelToToronto.com, you can sell Toronto travel books, maps, t-shirts, etc., from a quality affiliate program. You can mix and match products from different affiliates, as well as add your own articles and place advertising. If you can't find a domain available in your topic, you can always browse domain aftermarkets and even contact directly a domain owner to see if they would negotiate a selling price.
There really is no limit to how many generic domains you can register and develop.
Do you make your own items (i.e. gifts, clothing, decorations, etc.)? Have you written a book or an e-book? Are you a musician and make your own music? Do you create anything that is tangible or can be downloaded? Then why not build your e-business around this? Selling your own products or services is more work but you get to keep 100% of the profits. A product can even be your expertise, as in consulting services. In most cases, you will need an e-commerce site that is capable of taking orders and payments, and you will be responsible for the delivery of any product or service ordered.
What will you sell or promote?
This may be a tough question to answer for some and very obvious to others. You may already know what your site will be about after reading the above sub-heading. If you are still wondering then here is a principle to bear in mind: keep a balance between your passion and others' needs or wants. For example, if you are passionate about something that others need or want then there is an ideal subject for your e-business site. If you are not sure, then talk to some experienced friends or family. The most important thing is that you embark on something you will be motivated to stick with. The successful e-business entrepreneurs are the ones that endured the ups and downs, mostly downs, before they became successful. The Internet is not an overnight money-maker as some may have you believe. It takes work as in any business to succeed and learn from your mistakes. But the rewards can be well worth it.
Online directory for businesses in your local area. You can visit personally the businesses and offer them a monthly or annual subscription to be promoted on your website.
Start a blog on something you are interested in or know a lot about (i.e. photography, music, pets, art, movies, food, etc.) As your site grows, you can add advertising and affiliate links to start making money.
Write a book or an e-book on a topic you know well and others can benefit from, then build a website to sell it and get paid. Some hot topics are: how to lose weight, cheap travel, promoting yourself to employers, do-it-yourself (from fixing your car or home, to self-care), etc.


For this year's Anzac Day blog post, I thought I would share some extracts from a memoir written by my father-in-law, Noel Edward Farmer (1923 – 1999). In December 1941, after waiting impatiently for three months for the Navy to find a slot for a seaman who "knew how to handle boats", Noel wrote to the Navy to ask if they were aware that Japan had entered the war. A month later a slot at Flinders Naval Depot was found. He was soon appointed a midshipman, although he rose to Lieutenant by the end of the war, and to Captain in the Naval Reserve.
The following extract describes an incident in 1942, when Noel was just 19.
'Westralia' went to Brisbane after Aitapee to pick up air force stores. When leaving the Brisbane River the gyro compass system broke down and the Navigator, running along the upper deck to the gyro room, fell over a deck bolt and was badly concussed. Young Farmer, despite or because of his lack of knowledge/experience at that time, was training as Navigator's assistant and was promptly propelled into the top job – and hence the immediate task of taking a 14,000 ton vessel drawing 30′ through the Barrier Reef and Torres Strait to Darwin with only a magnetic compass. All Navy captains may, and all merchant masters must, unless they have specially qualified for an exemption, take on board a Torres Strait Pilot when making this trip of some 2,000 km – but not my Captain. I had a canvas deck chair placed on the port side of the bridge and spent the next five days there except for toilet visits below. The Captain did somewhat similar and about six days later Westralia berthed safely in Darwin. After about three months, and to my great surprise, the Captain's secretary handed over a cheque in favour of Midshipman N E Farmer from the Navy in Canberra for about 14 pounds, with a chit attached saying "Pilotage – 1100 nautical miles at 3d per mile".
This next extract describes a day in 1944, when Noel was aged 20.
It was a grisly day. … The 7th Fleet had a policy that any enemy soldier taken alive in a landing be sent promptly to a designated ship for interrogation. After replacing the originals on our ill fated southern beach with reserve troops I agreed to take two prisoners in my boat to be interrogated. When the prisoners were dragged to the beach they were young, hurt, shell-shocked and stark naked. My boat was beached, bow on, about ten feet from the water's edge so that anyone boarding had to walk out into water at least one foot deep. The prisoners were in no condition to walk. Their escorts informed me that they were not intending to carry the cretins aboard and began to swing the first by hands and feet to throw him about fifteen feet on to the steel deck.
"Not on," I said. "Carry them aboard or take them back to your own medics for treatment." It was the only argument I ever won with a revolver and a threat to shoot US servicemen, if they threw the prisoner aboard – I'll never know if I would have shot them. For their part they were young, scared, had seen many of their buddies killed and were fearful of their short term future when darkness fell on a slaughterhouse beach.
When hoisted back aboard 'Westralia' on conclusion of that eventful day I was told to report to the Captain. He sat me down and handed me a signal from the Navy saying that brother Charles had died.
The final extract describes a time in January 1945, when Noel was 21.
When we entered Lingayen Gulf air attacks increased in fury and desperation. Every second plane seemed to be Kamikaze and after dropping its bomb load headed for its selection of target and tried to crash on its bridge. … As in Hollandia and Leyte, I led the first wave boats to our allotted beach. We kept on unloading troops, equipment and stores forever it seemed from all variety of ships. Our boats crews tried to ignore the fear and death around them – and tried to conceal their own gut feelings from the green troops we carried.
We fed off the land – that is, we broached the stores we carried to meet our needs – and that day I first saw and ate canned grapefruit pieces. I liked them and ate a lot. The US knew how to feed its front line troops. Here we were in Lingayen on day one with guns and bombs going bang, Kamikazes having a suicide picnic and death all about – cruising slowly towards a beach carrying tons of grapefruit pieces for those who survived to eat them.


The circled 'M' indicates Maiden Bridge Arts Centre. The easiest routes are marked blue on the map above. From the A683, take the B6480 to Wray and, once in the village, turn right onto the High Street. Follow this road out of the village, ascending through a series of bends as far as the junction with the 'Lowgill' road which is on the right. There is a stone bus shelter here, also on the right hand side.
Follow Lowgill as far as a three-way junction and take the left hand turn - Thwaite Lane - which is signposted to Whitepits. Maiden Bridge Farm is located a few hundred metres along the road on the right hand side. There is a small car park on site, through the stone gateway.


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Thöja´s Favourites
Welcome to this section. As you can see, it´s all about games, no more, no less. These SMS games are nothing but my all time favourites, games I´ve grown with, so I thought I could make some little reviews for them in a 'fan point of view', more than an 'informative' one, so don´t expect nothing really serious and objective from this!
Games from yesteryear
I had bought Alex Kidd:The lost stars, and I supposed it was the only Alex game, but in 1989 a friend lent me this first part. What I found there were hours and hours of fun playing this colourful and addictive game. I liked it so much that I got a copy for me, but I´ve never finished it, and sure I never will. The game starts easy, but gets more and more difficult until reaching levels like the first castle (too hard for me). One day, I was drunk with some friends, and somehow we remembered that little cute music from the 'paper-rock-scissors' game, and also those names that the various vehicles that Alex could use had, like the 'Sukopako' motorbike, the Peticopter and the Sui Sui boat. We had a big laugh! Definately, it´s a must have for all collectors.
A guy from my school lent me Black Belt too many years ago (now I remember he had Ys, but if I asked him to sell it to me now, he would be VERY surprised, I´m sure he doesn´t remember me at all) and it really hooked me. By that time I was into Karate scene, watching movies and so, so I loved this side-scroller, the 1-1 fighting part at the end of the levels and the way you fnish them amazed me (it´s not Tekken, but...maybe better!). I gave back it to that guy and I never played it again, since late 1998 when I bought it.
CHOPLIFTER
The good old Choplifter...one of the first games I bought. I traded Alien Syndrome for it and I really had fun playing it. You have to take hostages to your base flying on a helicopter, while planes, tanks and other stuff try to kill you and your cargo. I enjoy it, but not the caverns level, it´s IMPOSSIBLE for me to work it out! I've had some disgusting frustrations on those damned caves. Good game and a true classic, if you´re patient you can even see Superman or ET on your screen...
When I was younger I loved the film (and still I do!), so I bought the game to play the role of Peter, Ray of Egon. What I found is a game that, although most people say it´s quite boring and repetitive, I enjoyed and still enjoy. It´s true that most of the game consists in driving and hunting the same two kinds of ghosts, but I think the fact of buying a car and different equipment is great and I love seeing my money rise. The rest of the game is quite short, first passing through the Marksmallow man that lasts less than one minute, and through the building that is the "action" part. Finally, the hard battle against Gorza and the poor ending. Anyway, I like it, being slimed is fun!
The 8 bit version of the famous arcade came to me with my first sms1, on card. For being one of the first sms titles it´s not so bad, in fact it´s great! It has the sms classic "feeling" like games such as Zillion, Wonder Boy or The Ninja, a feeling that games released after the sms2 didn´t transmit to me. Simply ride your motorcycle passing through different levels, even a beautiful stage at night, avoiding other motorcycles and the obstacles at the edges of the road. Simple, but very addictive, always looking at the top of the screen to see how much it lasts to reach the end. I suppose it´s quite hard to find today, at least on card format, although it was released on cart and lots of SMS1 consoles have it built-in, but I would recommend it to anyone.
PSYCHO FOX
Lots of years ago, I got for my birthday Kenseiden and Psycho Fox, and this last soon became one of my favourites. A great plattaform game about a fox trying to save his country from the evil Madfox Daimyojin (or something like that), with the special power to change his shape, being able to transform into a monkey, a tiger or a fat hipopotame (I don´t know how to say this word in English, maybe I´ve invented it...). A very long and hard game with difficult gameplay, but very colourful and funny, original bosses and anime-style characters. When I play this game I always think of my old friend Marcos who never was able to pronnounce "Psycho Fox" in english; he always said something like "Pishi Fos", as it sounds :) :) :)
RASTAN
I got with this game my first sega games catalogue, my friend Alfonso always tried to stole it...too bad he finally could, but by that time I had lots of them.
Well, another arcade conversion about a barbarian trying to save his land, Semia in the sms version, from some sort of dragon. Pass through the lands of Semia, through forests, caverns and other strange places fighting demons, naked medusas and evil centaurs (this reminds me of a tequila brand here in Spain, it´s poison! agh) to finally meet the dragon and maybe finish him (I did it once, and the ending is good, at least you see the princess). Great game, the day/night effect is good, although some people only look at the naked ladies...
ALIEN SYNDROME
In this arcade classic you, as Ricky or Mary, have to rescue all the hostages from several spaceships before the time of a timebomb is over. Many weapons to use, atmospheric music and great (although difficult) gameplay makes this game quite good for hours of fun. Too bad you die with only one impact. That makes the difficult level very high and even frustrating. Two or three hits would be better, in my opinnion. I remember I didn´t like this game at first (10 years ago?) and I got Choplifter instead of it, and, although it seems to be quite common, I was looking for it for ages, and even getting broken copies of it (right, Eric? hehehe, don´t worry) until I finally got it.
ALEX KIDD: THE LOST STARS
The second Alex game, almost all the people say it´s very kid-oriented and a bit silly, but I really love it! My sister choose it for me, back in 1989, because of the cover...the living cards did remind her of the ones in Alice in Wonderland (one of our favourite books) and she choose too right. Beautiful and colourful graphics (with a pseudo 3D effect), imaginative scenaries and enemies...everything is right to save the planet Aries on a journey through the Toy land, the land of Make Believe (with a funny guy throwing things from his ass), a giant´s body, underwater... There are even speechs: "Find the miracle ball"(my sister and I thought it was "I´m the miracle boy", we didn´t understand English that wel back thenl...) and the frustrating "AAAAAH!" (how many times have I heard that?). Two words and an exclamation point: Get it!
DYNAMITE DUX
Another arcade conversion (conversion not very well known in fact, like the Alex TLS one), and other of the crap games for most of the people (not for me). You were doing that kind of stupidities you do when you´re in love, when suddenly an evil king took your girlfriend and turned you into a blue duck with a shameful tie. Now it´s up to you to travel from the streets to the king´s castle to beat him and rescue her (although not rescuing your girlfriend will avoid yourself some "love problems" in the future, believe me...oh well, I guess my own subjective opinions have nothing to do with the story of this duck). Cartoonish graphics and characters (most of the enemies are really shameful, like your tie) make this game very funny, even your face changes when you get too many hits! And don´t forget the super-punch, very useful, although most of the times you´ll get cut in the middle :)
FANTASY ZONE
A totally psychedelic game! I suppose that the programmers were under the effects of any drug while making it, because of the colourful graphics, the crazy enemies, Opa Opa with wings and feet, and so on. It´s a great shooting games where, after getting some money by killing enemies and entering the shop, you can upgrade your Opa-Opa by buying some items that will improve your speed, shot, bomb... I was really bad at Fantasy Zone when I was a child, but now I´m a bit better...I even finished it one lucky and inspired day, and the ending really made me sad...well, maybe not so much. When I play this game I wish I had that Rapid Fire Unit...
One of the games I bought quite recently, although I had played it lots of years ago. The game starts with a terrific title music, although not that much, and you, as a Pinocchio-looking boy called Mickey, have to explore the old haunted house to kill Dracula and get your grandfather´s treasure. By the way, this game´s manual and backcover has some of the cheesiest words ever read on a videogame :) You can use Alex style punchs to kill bats, ghosts, fire throwing spots and WC paper made mummies. Funny game, although not very funny when you realise you´ve been 2 hours doing the same, it´s not very innovative. Don´t play it on Halloween, because it´s very frightening (stupid joke).
I really love this game! This was the first fighting game I played, I didn´t know it was an arcade conversion. I´ve played it so much that I could beat it with my eyes closed without losing a live (well, not so much). I remember playing it with all my friends over and over again, without getting bored. When I got this game, like most of the 9 year old kids, I knew that my destiny was to become a martial arts master, and rescue my girlfriend, but it seems I was wrong, because today I´m one of the most peaceful persons I´ve ever met. The object is to rescue your girlfriend from a gang, passing through four parts of the city, from the streets to the fortress. The final boss uses a gun, but fortunately the bullets are slow... BTW, anyone knows who is that guy on the wall poster? My old friend Marcos used to tell me that he knew him, but I always suspected he was lying...I was right.
And of course, my all-time loved Out Run. I bought a sms because of this game, lots and lots of years ago. You drive a red Ferrari from the beach to five different course endings. No chasing anybody, no shooting, all you have to do is race against the clock looking at beautiful scenaries like beaches or vineyards, and sometimes even relaxing (not very often though). In my oppinion, this is really a must-have, and I don´t think it´s very difficult to find and enjoy the three nice melodies. I still keep my mint copy of Out Run like if it was gold! In October 2000 I finally got my own copy of Out Run 3D, one of the rarest and most expensive SMS games ever, and I know I would have loved it back in 1989...I like it now, but being a child always magnifies everything. Oh, sweet memories.
In my oppinion, one of the best plattform games for the sms. I bought it a few weeks after buying my sms, and I remember playing it with my sister (it was one of the few games she wanted to play, she didn´t want to join me on a Double Dragon session...). As Tom Tom, you have to rescue your girlfriend Tanya from the evil king, through 9 stages with four levels each. At the end of each stage, the king appears and you have to throw axes at his head. Pick up fruits, mushrooms, milk, shoot the coyote on his back, take the sega letters... most of the stages are repeated slightly changed, but it keeps on being a true classic and a great game. I remember a weird thing that once happened to me while playing Wonder Boy, back in 1989. I was in stage 1-2, and, as it used to happen, I fell to the sea. Instead of seeing the water splash, it actually was Tom-Tom´s blonde hair what splashed. I´ve never seen it again.
A sequel to Wonder Boy, but very different. The same kid who saved the land long time ago, now a strong young man, has to save it again killing the fiery Meka dragon. The only thing is the same as the first game are the colour of Tom Tom´s hair and the gameplay: great. It´s more an adventure game, you have to equip yourself getting armor, boots, shields, swords... also you have to give some items to certain people, resolve mazes, get information from people... I got this game by January 1990 or so, and I finished it 3 or 4 years ago, on a Game Gear via Master Gear Converter. The clock is very frustrating sometimes, but...it´s great, and maybe (in my oppinion) better than Wonder Boy III.
Long time ago, when I lived in my old house, I saw every day the arcade version of shinobi at a bar next to my house, but I had never played it. I bought it along with World Soccer, to get two different games, but I always liked Shinobi a thousand times more. The children of the presidents have been kidnapped, so you, as Joe Mushashi, have to save them and eliminate the Masked Ninja. It´s a great game with cool scenaries, a good variety of weapons, many kinds of enemys, appropiate difficulty level and, the most important, Shinobi has the classic sms "feeling" I said before. It´s very original about the final bosses (Mandara and her multiple bodies, Ken Oh and his weak point...) but maybe sometimes a bit frustrating (one of the last stages where blue flying ninjas attack you... :( ).
These are games that I discovered when I started collecting again, in around 1998. I had heard of them when I was a kid, but never had the chance to buy or play them. They soon became some true new classics!
Again not a classic for me, I got my copy in December ´98, but after rediscovering my SMS in October ´98, it has been the game I´ve enjoyed most. I don´t know why, but I never wanted to get it as a child. And in fact, it´s possibly one of the best SMS games! While the music is great, the cool scaling graphics are as good as the melodies. It´s fast and has some amazing stages, while there are some speeches: "AAAARGH" and "Get ready!". Anyway, it´s a bit hard to save the Fantasy Zone from the evil dragons, but there are lots (and I mean lots) of cheats for whatever you want :)
This is not a classic for me. In fact, I bought it for the first time one Sunday in January 1999 (1-8-99, to be exact), but I think it´s one of the best phaser games, and the best of the ones I´ve played (I still have to try a few with an actual Light Phaser). Three medics are trying to cure the soldiers that have been hurt during combat, and you with your gun have to eliminate the enemy soldiers who try to "bother" your medic team. Simple, but very addictive, and as far as I know it´s not a hard to find game.
Wow, some say it´s the best 8 bit game, other say it´s the best videogame ever, hundreds of fans everywhere, web sites dedicated to it... There must be something right in all this madness, no? And in fact there are too many things right in this videogame! I never had it as a child, because it was too expensive and I didn´t like RPGs back then, but now, 11 or 12 years later, I managed to get a complete copy in February '99. I´m now on the very beginning of my adventure (not many time, exams, parties, radio show...), but what I´ve seen is a great, long and involving game, with cool graphics (I wish Miracle Warriors had these 3D dungeons *snif*) that I´ll finish someday. If you can (a bit hard nowadays, I traded 4 games for it!), get it.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World & Black Belt
Choplifter & Ghostbusters
Hang On & Psycho Fox
Rastan & Alien Syndrome
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars & Dynamite Dux
Fantasy Zone & Ghost House
Double Dragon & Out Run
Wonder Boy & Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Space Harrier & Rescue Mission
More to come soon!!


Now, I appreciate the love, people, but REALLY. You're jealous?! Of ME?! Come on!
The snow is beautiful here, sure, but it's also DEADLY.
The snow is even a problem if you're not driving.
The twins love playing in this snow pile outside their school. Then one day I saw the school had it roped off.
"Some kid broke his arm out there," the twins informed me nonchalantly.


On 4 September 2018, eleven national research funding organisations in Europe jointly published the so-called "Plan S". Its aim is to accelerate the transition towards Open Access to research publications.
EUA has published a Roadmap on Research Assessment in the Transition to Open Science. The main objective is to raise awareness and support the EUA membership with the development of research assessment approaches that focus on research quality, potential and future impact, and that take into account Open Science practices.
In parallel with the efforts to persuade researchers to practice Open Science, and the need to develop new research assessment methodologies that fairly assess the scientific quality of the research outcomes independently of indirect metrics such as the journal impact factor, there is a recognition of the need to change the current publishing system, making it more transparent, cost-effective, innovative and closer to the interests of the research community and research institutions.
This document presents a set of aims and recommendations for university leaders and National Rectors' Conferences to assist them in facilitating effective research data management (RDM) and text and data mining (TDM) in a manner wholly complementary with the EUA recommendations on open access to research publications. While the latter is at a more developed stage of implementation across Europe, RDM and TDM are still in an early state of realisation. Levels of awareness among researchers in RDM and TDM are lower generally, and institutional and national policies are few (cf. EUA Survey on Open Access 2016/17). Accordingly, the aims and recommendations contained here are designed to support universities and National Rectors' Conferences in pump-priming the application of RDM and TDM practices as a means to further enhance open access to research data arising from publicly funded research.
The European University Association (EUA) agreed at its Council meeting on 23 October 2015 on the development of a roadmap to assist European universities in the transition to Open Access (OA). This initiative follows on from a recommendation made by EUA's Expert Group on Science 2.0/Open Science.


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Readers ask: What Church That Congregation Expresses Energy And Amens And Singing?
1 What is church singing called?
2 What churches sing acapella?
3 What are the 3 types of churches?
4 What are the 5 parts of worship?
5 What are the 6 types of voices?
6 What songs do they sing in church?
7 What is the highest female voice?
8 What churches have no instruments?
9 Is it acapella or a cappella?
10 What are the four marks of the true church?
11 What are the three pillars of the Catholic Church?
12 Can the Pope commit sin?
13 What is true worship?
14 What are the three act of worship?
15 What is an act of worship?
What is church singing called?
Liturgical music, also called church music, music written for performance in a religious rite of worship. The term is most commonly associated with the Christian tradition.
What churches sing acapella?
Present-day Christian religious bodies known for conducting their worship services without musical accompaniment include many Oriental Orthodox Churches (such as the Coptic Orthodox Church ), many Anabaptist communities (such as the Amish, Old German Baptist Brethren, Old Order Mennonites and Conservative Mennonites),
What are the 3 types of churches?
Churches Militant, Penitent, and Triumphant.
What are the 5 parts of worship?
Singing, Praying, Preaching, Giving and Communion.
What are the 6 types of voices?
Though everyone's range is specific to their voice, most vocal ranges are categorized within 6 common voice types: Bass, Baritone, Tenor, Alto, Mezzo-Soprano, and Soprano.
What songs do they sing in church?
Songs sung at church
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – Matt Redman.
A Beautiful Life – William Golden.
Abide With Me – King's College Choir of Cambridge.
Above All – Michael W.
All Things Bright and Beautiful – Libera.
Amazing Grace – Traditional.
Angels From The Realms of Glory – King's College Choir of Cambridge.
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What is the highest female voice?
Soprano: the highest female voice, being able to sing C4 (middle C) to C6 ( high C), and possibly higher. Mezzo-soprano: a female voice between A3 (A below middle C) and A5 (2nd A above middle C). Contralto: the lowest female voice, F3 (F below middle C) to E5 (2nd E above Middle C).
What churches have no instruments?
The Amish don't use instruments in worship. Some Mennonites don't (Holdeman, Conservative, Old Order). And Primitive Baptists don't AFAIK; I think they all do Sacred Harp shape-note singing too, which is bloody incredible stuff to hear and sing.
Is it acapella or a cappella?
In referring to singing unaccompanied by instruments, the traditional spelling is the Italian one, a cappella: two words, two Ps, two Ls. The Latin spelling a capella is learned, but in the realm of musical terminology, we usually stick with Italian.
What are the four marks of the true church?
The words one, holy, catholic and apostolic are often called the four marks of the Church.
What are the three pillars of the Catholic Church?
Originally, the Three Pillars name stood for Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — the three main entities of our faith.
Can the Pope commit sin?
So according to Catholicism, an immoral pope (you'll find several in Church history) can sin like any man and will answer to God for his evil deeds. However, as supreme head of the Church, the pope retains his infallibility on matters of faith and morals as long as he remains pope.
What is true worship?
It can only exist if it is truthful in all aspects with the Creator. We are now able to worship our God in spirit and truth because the Truth, Jesus, has been revealed to us. Our worship always radiates from Him. Outward rules and observances are the easy way out for many Christians.
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What are the three act of worship?
Three types may be distinguished: corporate exclusive worship; corporate inclusive worship; and personal worship.
What is an act of worship?
Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. An act of worship may be performed individually, in an informal or formal group, or by a designated leader. Such acts may involve honoring.
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2. H. Richard Loeb(https://plus.google.com/+HRichardLoeb/posts) -the former Operator of the Niantic Project G+ Account and the originator of the website www.nianticproject.com Left the Investigation in Oct. 2013 to go off the grid and clear his mind on matters. Has since returned and presents to other Investigators questions regarding the current status of the situation at hand.
3. Edgar Allan Wright -The creator of Operation Essex (https://plus.google.com/communities/117368337781687210813), a community where Investigators and Truthseekers work together to uncover the mysteries of the Niantic Project and the world around us. Used to be a professor at some university and also possessed some sort of relationship with Devra, who holds him in some negative regard. Has memory problems and his messages, while cryptic, hold much value in terms when deciphered and understood.
4. Hank Johnson(https://plus.google.com/+HankJohnsonNomad) -XM Resarcher, Sensitive(this means that he is uniquely sensitive to the flow of XM. Many individuals in the world of Niantic fall in this category). Former Special Operations soldier and now a historian, trying to catalog and record the effects of XM throughout time and their impact on humanity. At one point, was known to be a 'simulacrum' or a XM construct of the real Johnson, who was killed in Afghanistan two years ago and resurrected through an unusual process only known by a secret society who refers to themselves as 13MAGNUS. Currently has regained his humanity and is now on an opposing path with the Anti-MAGNUS.
4. Devra Bogdanovich(https://plus.google.com/+DevraBogdanovich)-XM Scientist, Researcher, Sensitive. Former lead scientist on the Niantic Project. Currently trapped in the Portal Network following the re-assembly of her Shards during the Shonin Anomaly Series.
6. Stein Lightman(https://plus.google.com/+SteinLightman/posts)-XM Researcher, Sensitive. Currently the leading expert on Shaper Glyphs. Currently in the Portal Network after re-assembly of his Shards during Persepolis.
7. Yuri Alaric Nagassa(https://plus.google.com/+YuriAlaricNagassa/posts)-XM Researcher, Sensitive. Currently in unknown whereabouts.
8. Martin Schubert(https://plus.google.com/+MartinSchubertPHD/posts)-XM Researcher, Sensitive. Currently in unknown whereabouts.
9. Misty Hannah(https://plus.google.com/+MistyHannah/posts)-XM Researcher, Sensitive, Stage Magician.
10. Susanna Moyer(https://plus.google.com/+SusannaMoyer/posts)-XM Sensitive, Host of the Ingress Report.
11. Sarita Hays(https://plus.google.com/+SaritaHays/posts)-co host of the Ingress Report. Doesn't pop around much. Hoping she does sometime soon.
12. Thomas Greanias (https://plus.google.com/+ThomasGreanias/posts)-works alongside Hank Johnson as an author to publish his adventures. Has a novella called the Alignment: Ingress.
13. Felicia Hajra-Lee(https://plus.google.com/+FeliciaHajraLee/posts)-XM Sensitive. Author of the Niantic Project: Ingress Novella, the Level 8 Novella and author of the Exotic Matters blog.
14. Oliver Lynton-Wolfe(https://plus.google.com/+OliverLyntonWolfeXM/posts)-XM Researcher, Sensitive. Creator of the Ingress Scanner.
15. Roland Jarvis(https://plus.google.com/+RolandJarvisLives/posts)-XM Sensitive. former Leader of the Enlightened. Currently deceased.
16. Klue S.(https://plus.google.com/+KlueS/posts)-XM Sensitive. Former vessel for ADA. Current whereabouts unknown. Only Investigator to have been both Enlightened and Resistance.
17. IQTech Research(https://plus.google.com/108020987035258478791/posts)-XM Corporation, Based in the USA.
18. Visur Technology(https://plus.google.com/115880454950193571355/posts)-XM Corporation, Based in Russia?
19. Hulong Transglobal(https://plus.google.com/107849663787965375687/posts)-XM Corporation, Based in China.
20. A Detection Algorithm(https://plus.google.com/+ADetectionAlgorithmADA/posts)-the sentient artificial intelligence developed by the Niantic Project, she has since then grown and evolved far beyond that. Is currently aligned with the N'zeer.
21. Carrie Campbell(https://plus.google.com/101180225942784917383/posts)-XM Sensitive, language expert. Original pioneer of Shaper Glyph Research. Currently deceased.
22. Tycho C.(https://plus.google.com/+TychoComicArtist/posts)-reclusive comic book artist. Is known to be able to simulate the art styles of other artists. Was at Comic-Con in 2012, releasing a series of posters that acted as the window into the world of the Niantic Project and XM. Currently working on an upcoming novel entitled Ingress: Origins, ETA: September 30th, 2015.
23. Paul School(https://plus.google.com/109763890472937053947/posts)-one of Devra's former mentors during her research with +Hank Johnson in Arecibo. Had punished the two of them after a incident in which they had explored a church in the area related to 13MAGNUS. Current whereabouts unknown. Devra had contacted him after Shonin, Hank had followed while he was travelling to Persepolis.
24. Society for the Ethical Treatment of AIs(https://plus.google.com/107293393622139455503/posts): A organization established by Roland Jarvis during Recursion. Their goal is to attempt to neutralize all forms of AI.
25. Hubert Farlowe(https://plus.google.com/+HubertFarlowe/posts): He was one of the NIA cleaners sent to kill Roland Jarvis and Devra Bogdanovich in Zurich. As he is examining the bodies, a green glow surrounds him and leaves him disoriented. He is sent by Jay Phillips to find Devra and finish the job. Hubert tracks Devra to Zagreb. He encounters Devra and Agent 855, a hired assassin, to the Skocjan Caves. He is shot by 855 during a gunfight and left in the cave. He managed to survive and is referred to as an 'XM construct', possibly similar to Roland Jarvis or Hank Johnson.


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L. Duane Willard On Preserving Nature's Aesthetic Features
I consider and reject four possible arguments directed against the preservation of natural aesthetic conditions. (1) Beauty is not out there in nature, but is "in the eye ofthe beholder." I argue that since ingredients ofnature cause aesthetic experiences, we cannot justifiably disregard and exploit nature. Preservation of aesthetic conditions is compatible with both objective and nonobjective theories of aesthetic value. (2) Frequent aesthetic disagreements bring about irresolvable disputes concerning which segments of nature to preserve. I claim that these disputes are not irresolvable. Not all disputes about nature's aesthetic values are purely aesthetic disputes: ecological balance, community identity, historic continuity, and economics are relevant; aesthetic experts can help; and such disputes can be put to a vote. (3) Natural beauty is not important compared to nonaesthetic values of nature. I show that this is questionable. Current awareness of environmental problems includes a rapidly growing concern for natural aesthetics. Moreover, even if majority preference is for nonaesthetic uses of nature, this does not settle the question of whether we ought to preserve nature's attractive features. (4) From neither a utilitarian nor a deontological viewpoint do we have an obligation to preserve natural aesthetic conditions for future generations. I argue that even if we do not have a strict obligation, it does not follow that it makes no moral difference whether we preserve. Not yet existing people may have no rights against us, but this does not mean that we do no wrong in polluting and destroying aesthetic conditions of the natural world in which future people will live.
J. Baird Callicott Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair
The ethical foundations of the "animal liberation" movement are compared with those of Aldo Leopold's "land ethic," which is taken as the paradigm for environmental ethics in general. Notwithstanding certain superficial similarities, more profound practical and theoretical differences are exposed. While only sentient animals are moraIly considerable according to the humane ethic, the land ethic includes within its purview plants as weIl as animals and even soils and waters. Nor does the land ethic prohibit the hunting, killing, and eating ofcertain animal species, in sharp contrast to the humane ethic. The humane ethic rests upon Benthamic foundations: pain is taken to be the ultimate evil and it is reductive or atomistic in its moral focus. The land ethic, on the other hand, is holistic in the sense that theintegrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community is its summum bonum. A classical antecedent of some of the formal characteristics of the land ethic is found in Plato's moral philosophy. Special consideration is given to the differing moral status of domestic and wild animals in the humane and land ethics and to the question of moral vegetarianism.
Gene Spitler Sensible Environmental Principles for the Future
The attitudes of the American public toward the environmental movement may be undergoing change as the economic crunch continues and energy shortages reoccur. The principles underlying the environmental movement need to be defined and examined carefully to determine what makes sense for our changing conditions. In this paper an attempt is made to express the two primary ethical principles which have evolved from environmental thinking and, in turn, have influenced the directions taken by the movement. It is argued that these principles must not be accepted uncritically, but rather must be analyzed and subsequently modified to become compatible with more traditional ethical thinking. Such a synthesis is attempted in the paper. The modified principles can provide valuable guidance as we make difficult decisions which can influence the future path of life on Earth.
Charles Y. Deknatel Questions about Environmental Ethics? Toward a Research Agenda with a Focus on Public Policy
Despite common elements and antecedents of environmental ethics, their implied application to related policy or action is not always clear. This paper attempts to develop a set of questions and a preliminary framework for considering some of the issues raised by environmental ethics as they might appear in public policy.
Tom Regan On the Connection Between Environmental Science and Environmental Ethics
I critically assess Don Marietta's thesis that obligations are not dictates of reason but rather are imbedded in a person's "world view." The notion of "a view of the world" is both vague and leads to consequences common to all forms of subjectivism in ethics, since world views can and sometimes do vary from person to person. Marietta cannot avoid these consequences by arguing that some views of the world are "more reasonable" than others, since counting rationality as an appropriate basis for choosing between world views is itself to favor a particular view of the world. Neither then can Marietta consistently argue for the preferability of a world view which grounds our obligations regarding the ecosystem in environnlental science. Given his general position, this can only tell us what he prefers, not whatis preferable.
Don E. Marietta, Jr. World Views and Moral Decisions: A Reply to Tom Regan
Tom Regan (this issue) criticizes my thesis that obligation toward the environment is grounded in a world view and thereby has a moral overridingness which mere interests and desires do not have. He holds that my approach is too subjectivistic. I counter, first, by explaining that phenomenology, which I use in my analysis of moral obligation, is not subjectivistic in the way emotivism or prescriptivism inethics is subjectivistic. Second, I argue that world views are products of learning and experience of one shared world, that most world views share large areas of agreement, and that they can be argued for and criticized.
Leslie Pickering Francis Ethics and Problems of the 21st Century
10. Environmental Ethics: Volume > 2 > Issue: 4
Tom Regan Animal Rights, Human Wrongs
In this essay, I explore the moral foundations of the treatment of animals. Alternative views are critically examined, including (a) the Kantian account, which holds that our duties regarding animals are actually indirect duties to humanity; (b) the cruelty account, which holds that the idea of cruelty explains why it is wrong to treat animals in certain ways; and (c) the utilitarian account, which holds that the value of consequences for all sentient creatures explains our duties to animals. These views are shown to be inadequate, the Kantian account because some of our duties regarding animals are direct duties to animals; the cruelty account because it confuses matters of motive or intent with the question of the rightness or wrongness of the agent's actions; and the utilitarian account because it could be used to justifyidentifiable speciesistic practices. I defend a fourth view. Only if we postulate basic moral rights in the case of humans, can we satisfactorily account for why it is wrong to treat humans in certain ways, and it is only by postulating that these humans have inherent value that we can attribute to them basic moral rights. Consistency requires that we attribute this same kind of value to many animals. Their havinginherent value provides a similar basis for attributing certain basic moral rights to them, including the right not to be harmed. Possession of this right places the onus of justification on anyone who would harm these animals. I set forth conditions for such a justification which those who would abuse animals have failed to meet.