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2018 INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE AND THE WAY FORWARD.
Date: March 18, 2018Author: TheSoothSayer 0 Comments
The fourth edition of Indian Super League has just come to an end. It, like the previous editions, did throw forward some bitter truths about Indian Football. The faster we accept them, the better it will be for Indian Football.
The most striking change in the mindsets of the franchises is that they understood the fallacy of bringing a famous retired player almost touching 40 to the league. When done in the initial years- the likes of Del Piero, Roberto Carlos, Juan Capdevila, Nicholas Anelka and many more- there has never been a doubt in the experience and star status they bring to Indian football, but how much value they added to the development of Indian Football? Apart from the minutes they put in the field, how much their experience was leveraged by our franchises? And to say it the other way round, is Indian Football capable to extract the depths of experiences of these legends of the game?
This year the franchises seems to have a tacit realization of this fact. Apart from Dimitar Berbatov (of Kerela Blasters), there is no other big name in the league. What interests me is that the franchises have moved towards assimilating players who are at maximum early thirties and can contribute a lot more in team building. And being an amateur football player, I believe that is the best way to imbibe the foreign traits and professionalism in Indian football. The likes of Miku (aged 32 of Bengaluru FC) or Ryan Taylor (aged 33 of ATK) brings in the required experience of La Liga or English Premier League and at the same time have contributed a lot more to team building than players who have already passed their twilight.
And when we speak of impact of ISL, there is another thing that may miss our eye. Over the 20th Century, Indian football had developed in few pockets in India. While Bengal has undoubtedly been the hub of National Football, places like Kerala, Goa and Punjab have had a strong presence of football. Of late North-East and Sikkim has of late turned into a prominent footballing destination. In this context, what ISL had done is it has spread football through out Indian subcontinent. It rightly adopted the franchise-based model (which has already proved successful in Indian Premier League) and helped to consolidate a fan base through out India.
But here again the gimmick will not suffice in Bengal. Clubs like East Bengal and Mohan Bagan cannot be left out of the show. ATK will never be able to develop a strong base in recent times in Kolkata because in all probability a Bengal football enthusiast is either an East Bengal or a Mohan Bagan or a Mohammedan Sporting fan. And it is imperative for ISL to leverage this fan base in Bengal and primarily in Kolkata. And in hindsight, these legacy clubs will need to be professional in their approach to the game or they will slowly decay to death. There seems to be a roadblock of how to assimilate these legacy clubs into ISL while at the same time make sure, if assimilated, how to manage the fixtures of ATK, East Bengal and Mohan Bagan in Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Stadium alone. At best let us keep our finger crossed and hope for a real quick but effective solution. And why not? Who does not want to see a Bengal Derby in ISL?
There is one more stronger reason to be skeptical of future of ISL. For the first three seasons, ISL was organized without the official recognition of Asian Football Federation. AFC has opposed to make ISL the primary league of the country – a status which still holds. In fact, ISL winner gets a place for AFC Cup while it is I-League winner who gets a chance to AFC Champions League. In this present status quo, both ISL and I-League are recognized as national leagues of India where on paper I-League has the higher status. It is imperative for AIFF to sought the way it needs to take both these leagues forward. Indian football does need a completely new and professional setup but not at the expense of the home-grown clubs which has passionately played the game for decades. They held on to football in spite all their lacuna, and AIFF needs to use the opportunities that ISL and I-League will present to pull these financially plagued and professionally staved clubs out of their slow dilapidation.
But having said all these, the future prospects of Indian football do look better than it was a decade earlier. With the infusion of esteem through the FIFA U-17 would cup, setting up of development infrastructures, and the proposed merger of ISL Franchises with big legacy football clubs in India there has been a new hope among Indian football fraternity. There has been a considerable rise of urban fan base who have grown watching foreign leagues and it is these people who brings a different taste to traditional Indian football galleries. The first experimental Super Cup is coming up where the top four ISL Teams and top four I-League teams compete. This will provide an interaction of neo-professional football setup of India and the emotionally driven legacy clubs of Indian football. It will present a huge onus on the teams on both sides of the coin. And specially clubs like East Bengal (97 years old) and Mohan Bagan (128 years old) to prove that 'Old is Gold'.
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I had never read a Hunger Games book when I went to watch the movie a few weeks ago. I enjoyed the movie, as I do most. There weren't many black characters, but I found myself really impressed with the ones that were there. They were not playing stereotypical roles, they were complex, and on the whole, the most sympathetic characters in the film. As it turns out, that was a problem. Tweens took twitter by storm outraged that the fan favourite, Rue, was played by a black actress. The tweets fell along the spectrum of expressing surprise to KKK-esque. Somewhere in the middle of that spectrum was this young man who tweeted: "Kk call me racist but when I found out rue was black her death wasn't as sad #ihatemyself".
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r*cism? [ahem]…RACISM!…yea I said it. Here's the thing, it's a lot harder to talk about racism than it is to stone a racist. It takes more words, more honesty, more love, it implicates us all, and yes it might get awkward and uncomfortable. But we must. Should you choose to confront this overwhelming beast, consider yourself warned. Once we deal with the easy topics – slavery, the n* word, Martin Luther King, George Zimmerman – then we need to deal with the harder ones. Racism is in the shadeism within communities of colour; it's in entire education, political, criminal justice and immigration systems; it's in our iPod's; it's in our families; it's in us.
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In love with the land – the real clash of civilizations
Posted on 5 April 2022 by Laura Akers, Ph.D.
What does it mean to love the land? Two very different things, apparently.
Today I was reading Ezra Klein's column in the New York Times, where he was talking about anti-liberalism. Remember, we have multiple meanings for "liberal," and this one means, to quote Klein, "the shared assumptions of the West: a belief in human dignity, universal rights, individual flourishing and the consent of the governed." In general, both the Democrats and Republicans believe in this kind of "liberalism."
By contrast, anti-liberalism is what we find on the wayyyy far right, with the kinds of thinkers who inspire fascists and who generally reject, for example, Christianity, since after all, it's about human dignity and all that supposedly weak-minded stuff. What do they believe in, then? As Klein puts it, among other things, anti-liberalism says that "our truest identities are rooted in the land in which we're born."
I immediately thought back to a book my friend Doug was telling me about yesterday, Down to Earth, by the French philosopher Bruno Latour. Based on the publisher's summary, it's about the importance of rethinking what it means to "belong to a territory," because being connected with the land is vitally important to being able to address ecological crises effectively.
So, on the one hand, we have identification with land being associated with scary far-right extremists. On the other, we have identification with land being important for the environment. What does this mean?
This actually came up for me a few months ago, listening to a talk by Robin Wall Kimmerer. She's one of my favorite speakers – I've heard her talk at our local university twice before, and this time she visited with us through a virtual link, talking about her book Braiding Sweetgrass, which was this year's "common reading" for the university.
Kimmerer is amazing. She's a scientist – a professor of botany – and she's also a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Back in the 1970s or so, many people out here on the West Coast were interested in Native worldviews, but mostly they wanted to mine them in support of New Age mysticism. That's not what Kimmerer's about. She shares her common sense Indigenous perspective with the rest of us while still doing solid science. So, as always, I was very much looking forward to hearing what she had to say.
And as always, she was great. But one of her slides really caught my attention, so I took a screenshot. She was listing a bunch of ways to think about land that can be better than reducing it to a resource… "Land as Home," "Land as Sustainer," "Land as Moral Responsibility," and so forth. And right up near the top was "Land as Identity."
Oh. Hm. Well, that was interesting, because… when Gerard Saucier and I studied the rhetoric that leaders use when they want to convince their public that killing off a whole category of people is a good thing, identifying with land was one of the twenty themes we found.
Now, obviously we are talking about two different things here. The love for and identification with land that the anti-liberalists (at their extreme in ethnonationalist genocide) and the love for and identification with the land that I believe Latour recommends as important (as modeled by the Indigenous people Kimmerer was teaching about) are not the same!
For one thing, it's pretty clear that nationalism doesn't necessarily lead to ecologically sound practices. Look at Trump. Or worse, look at Bolsonaro's Brazil.
But sometimes these two groups of people are using the same language, and I think it's worth clarifying the situation.
You know how sometimes a guy will say he's in love with a woman, and he's all starry-eyed because she's so beautiful and amazing, and he's obviously got her on a pedestal? If he wins her over, she becomes a prized possession.
And then other times, a guy will tell you about the woman he loves, and you can tell that he's fully aware of both the great things about her and the sometimes-annoying things about her. And even though he knows her very well, she's always surprising him, and he finds her fascinating. And she's a full partner in his life.
I think that's basically the difference we're talking about. One group is romanticizing its land – a beautiful expanse of property with so much history attached – and delighting in ownership. The other group is intimately familiar with its land and all that live on it, and for this group, the delight comes from kinship.
Not the same thing at all.
Of course, the world isn't divided into these two groups. In America, for example, there are many, many people for whom one place is as good as another, as long as it's full of friends, maybe also family, and worthwhile things to do. If you're one of these people, maybe you enjoy the outdoors as a series of pretty landscapes, sometimes associated with special memories, or maybe you mostly tune it out.
If that's you, may I invite you to connect a bit more with the place where you live?
Here's your homework – if you can't answer these questions now, see if you can learn the answers in the coming days.
Where does your water come from? That is, after it rains, how does it get to the pipes that bring it to your house?
Where does your electricity come from? What percent comes from fossil fuels, and what percent is renewable?
If you live in a land colonized by settlers, what did the Indigenous people eat?
What are some of the native trees where you live? Can you find any examples?
What are some of the native birds where you live?
What are some of the native non-human mammals where you live? Have you seen them recently?
From where you are right now, which direction is north?
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As always, great observations. I'm not sure that it is always the case, though, that "nationalism doesn't lead to ecologically sound practices." There are as many varieties of nationalism as there are of socialism (which itself can be ecologically caring or destructive) and some are fairly benign with regard to both humans and the natural world. Consider, for example, the programme of the Scottish National Party: https://www.snp.org/our-vision/environment/
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Wharton Stories » This PhD Student Found the Resources and Expertise at Wharton to Conduct Ground-Breaking Research
This PhD Student Found the Resources and Expertise at Wharton to Conduct Ground-Breaking Research
"Resources are something that often PhD programs lack, but at Wharton it really enriches us and makes us better able to do research."
Shimul Melwani came to Wharton primarily to work with Management Prof. Sigal Barsade. "She's the pioneer in the field of emotions research, which is what I wanted to study," Shimul said.
With Prof. Barsade as her advisor, Shimul is conducting groundbreaking research on the influence of gossip in the workplace. "Faculty here are incredibly busy. They're torn doing a hundred other things, but they always make time to collaborate and develop doctoral students," she said.
Shimul has worked side by side with Prof. Barsade in Wharton's Behavioral Lab and the two have developed a symbiotic relationship. "We work well together on papers that we're writing, and she's always very willing to help me and give me resources of all kinds," she said.
"Then at the end of the day, she gives me intellectual freedom. If this is my project, it's my baby. I love the chance to go off on my own, be really creative, and make my own mistakes, knowing that she's there if I need advice or support."
Shimul also felt supported by the wealth of resources at Wharton — from computing resources and the behavioral lab, to grants and a generous stipend. In her first year, Shimul received a grant to travel to India to collect data, something first-years rarely get to do.
"Resources are something that often PhD programs lack, but Wharton enriches students and makes them better able to do research," she said.
Gossip in the Workplace: An Uncharted Territory
Shimul's interest in gossip as a research topic came from an experience she had early on in the workplace. She had started a job and felt excluded until one day a coworker stopped by her office and said, "Hey, you know what? I wanted to tell you a secret about so-and-so."
She felt like she was finally included. But the experience also taught her that there are functional consequences of many workplace actions that people don't think are useful, and are often considered to be really negative.
"Wharton encourages big ideas. Faculty urge students to think of a phenomenon that has not been studied," Shimul said. "Because of its very private, secretive nature, no one's actually ever studied (the influence of gossip in the workplace). I'm looking at this phenomenon in a way that allows us to understand something that we all engage in all the time."
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When Shimul was applying to doctoral programs, she was also getting married and her husband was moving from Chicago. While searching for the right program for her, she needed to consider her husband.
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"It's also a reasonably inexpensive place to live, so you can actually lead a good life here, even on a grad student stipend," Shimul said. "I love the fact that it has so much culture, like art on First Fridays and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, or the restaurant scene, which is a great strength of the city. I never expected to love it as much as I did."
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Q: Is the right click context menu still available for Google Backup and Sync on Windows? I often used the context menu in Windows Explorer (Windows 7) by right clicking on a file and sharing the file via Google Drive. Now that Google Drive has been replaced by Backup and Sync, I no longer get Google Drive options in the context menu when I right click (as of March 12 2018). In my Backup and Sync preferences, I have "Show file sync status icons and right click menu" enabled but still see no options on right click in Windows Explorer. Are these options no longer available or can I activate them?

A: I solved this problem using a method I found on this thread on Google product forums.
Register the context menu DLL manually by running Command Prompt in administrator mode and call:
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Then restart Backup and Sync.
Somehow the update from Google Drive to Google Backup and Sync disabled this and registering it again solved the problem.

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At least one Champ Car team won't be making the transition, leaving the most (in)famous driver in the series without a ride.
In a shock announcement today, Forsythe Championship Racing, which employs Toronto's Paul Tracy, announced it would not participate in the 2008 Indy Racing League season.
Forsythe, a Chicago businessman, owned the Champ Car World Series racing organization, along with Kevin Kalkhoven and other partners. Champ Car announced late last week it would be going out of business after an agreement was reached with IRL founder and Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George to run open wheel racing in the United States.
Early last year, he signed Tracy to a five-year, multi-million-dollar contract to drive in Champ Car after Tracy dipped his toe into sports car racing and NASCAR. There was no reaction from Tracy early this afternoon.
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That's one small step for fiscal sanity, but one giant leap for boredom.
UPDATE: Robin has more. P-Dog is lamenting. Chris is ticked.
And TSO shares what was mentioned in the comments.
We thought there would be some subtractions from the list of nine - and apparently this is the first one. BTW, Paul Tracy told Robin Miller at SpeedTV.com
"I got a call from Neil (Micklewright, president of Forsythe Racing) this morning and he said, 'I've got some bad news for you,'" related Tracy from his home in Las Vegas.
"Neil said he'd been trying to get a hold of my manager but he was having a colonoscopy today. That's ironic 'cause that's what I feel like I got."
He'll get a ride. I bet his phone's already ringing.
Unknown // February 28, 2008 1:14 PM
Well I have to say...this sucks.
I'm a long time PT hater, but that's SOOOO what I was looking forward to. We need to good guy/bad guy rivalries. I really want to see PT and Helio tangle!
PT gets the shaft, Gerry flips the IRL one last bird. That's how I see it and as much as I'd love to say otherwise, the fact that he won't bother putting Indeck on IndyCars like he did for four years with CC -- not to mention he'll keep going in the Atlantics division he co-owns -- tells me everything I need to know.
http://mvn.com/irl/2008/02/28/forsythe-racing-shuts-down/
Allen Wedge // February 28, 2008 1:34 PM
PT will get a ride, Foyt rumored to be looking at a second car earlier in year, plenty CCWS teams coming in, I'm sure if nothing else at least through Vision
PT in a Vision car would be like Rambo with a squirt gun...
Fred Hurley // February 28, 2008 1:48 PM
Yeah, Forsythe and Gentilozzi not joining the IRL is something that doesn't really shock me. There were bound to be a few people that didn't want to shake hands, hug, and make nice. Isn't RLR still down a driver? If PT is still a sponsorship draw, that'd be a reasonable fit. And if they're going to race in Canada this year, and twice next year, this makes great sense.
So, let me get this straight. Forsythe has no problem blowing a ton of his own money to keep his team and a dying series afloat, yet won't do it for the unified series, where he'll get more exposure and possibly be able to get sponsorship so he doesn't have to pay out the nose anymore?
I now see Gerry as Cartman. "Screw you guys, I'm going home."
Tracy HAS to come back! I mean, he'd be passing up a chance to win a second Indy 500! ;^)
Robert A. Black // February 28, 2008 3:42 PM
Good riddance to Gerry Forsythe. If he wants to take his cars and go home, more power to him.
Tracy will probably land somewhere, although I'd much rather say good riddance to him, too.
John in Speedway // February 28, 2008 3:45 PM
I like the fit with RLR. If he goes to Vision, that would leave Lloyd without a ride. Now we have some more drama we can follow and speculate on. Woo hoo!
Wow, something happened that made me sort of like Paul Tracy. And all it took was Gerry Forsythe being, well, Gerry Forsythe. Nice.
From the AP article up on ESPN.com:
The 39-year-old Tracy said that once he is free from contractual obligations with Forsythe, he wants to sign with another team as quickly as possible.
"I want to be part of the new series," said Tracy, who won the 2003 CART championship, Champ Car's predecessor. "I'm a race car driver and I love open-wheel racing. I want to be in a competitive situation, to be able to win races and run for the championship."
I haven't always been a fan of Paul Tracy, no, scratch that, I've never been a fan of Paul Tracy, but Mr. Tracy, you deserve an ice cold beer on my tab for this statement:
"Neil said he'd been trying to get a hold of my manager but he was having a colonoscopy today. That's ironic 'cause that's what I feel like I got."
I've been kicked to the curb (layoff) by a former employer with no notice before. Paul, I salute you since I didn't have nearly the quick sense of humor and irony you do.
Good luck, Paul!
Paul is a great character and personality that we need in the series. On another note, it appears Stone Temple Pilots are having a reunion tour, and they will be headling Carb Day at Indy this year. I love STP myself, so that is an awesome headline for carb day!!
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=91748
Nancy // February 28, 2008 6:12 PM
"After 13 seasons in Champ Car, Forsythe will continue to operate its two-car Atlantic team for David Garza and James Hinchcliffe this season because it's funded by the drivers."
My that's big of ya Ger.....
It does explain why they called him back from the car fitting though. I guess Ger knew he wasn't going to run.
SS Minnow // February 28, 2008 8:49 PM
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PT to Foyt? WOW, talk about fireworks! I'd pay extra to be within earshot the first time "Crash" puts one of AJ's cars into the wall.
Rumor has it (this guy "johhny" told me), that Ganassi will be putting PT in a car. Target is agressively pursuing the Canadian market. Also TCGR is looking for "experienced" drivers with at least one failed attempt at NASCAB for his "reclamation" project for 2009.
So Jeff, this probably isn't the right thread to address the matter, but I couldn't find a better place to ask the question…it's just pandolerium out here. I love the fact that you are enrolling for the new class, but am wondering just how the nicknames are going to work this year. I've noticed the declared part-timers are currently off your list (The Wrecker and the Fisher Queen). Will only drivers with a declared full time schedule make your list? I'm busting with suggestions for nicknames. I think there should be some kind of a contest…the kind where you reap the rewards of course….
And where did El Nariz go...you are frightening me!
Anonymous // February 28, 2008 10:23 PM
It is now past midnight, Feb. 29 on the East Coast, meaning there is officially one month to go before racing starts. Just wanted to let everybody know. *grins*
Also, someone got real fast real quick http://www1.indycar.com/scoring/2008/reports/indycarseries/homestead-ot/indycar-topsectiontimes-p2.pdf
Puretone Audio // February 29, 2008 6:12 AM
Mark my words, Alex Lloyd is going to be the one who gets screwed in this deal.
Iannucci // February 29, 2008 7:52 AM
Oops - fixed the missing Kanaan and Manning issue. And I've only put the fulltime rides up, largely due to laziness.
Bash // February 29, 2008 9:05 AM
LOL! This question on Cavin's blog:
"How is Paul Tracy's car going to modified for the safety of the other driver's: Fenders? Bumpers? Airbags? Warning lights?"
Cavin: "That made me laugh out loud at the Fort Lauderdale Airport..."
http://blogs.indystar.com/racingexpert/
Anonymous // April 20, 2008 8:15 PM
NO PAUL TRACY - NO DEAL . SCREW THE IRL . I WILL NOT WATCH THOSE CRAP WAGONS GO AROUND THE TRACK . THEY ONLY TURN RIGHT TWICE A YEAR .


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Limits to machine prediction, the psychology of Brexit fantasies and how biology exploits phase transitions – a few recent essays
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Here are links to a few recent articles by LML Fellow Mark Buchanan.
Limits of Machine Prediction Nature Physics 15, 304 (2019)
Increasingly, many people believe that the explosive rise in technology for data gathering and analysis may soon make the scientific method unnecessary. After several centuries of science driven by the profitable interplay of observation and theory, we're moving into a new era in which theory and conceptual understanding can be eliminated, as machines will do science for us. This essay examines a number of reasons by such beliefs are almost certainly mistaken.
Navigating Conflicts Among the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Bloomberg Opinion, 15 March, 2019
We've made good progress in pursuing some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with far fewer children dying before age five, and ever more people gaining access to electricity and clean water. But progress on one goal can hamper action or even cause regress on others. A new study shows that pursuit of some goals appears to stir up far fewer conflicts than others, so our choice of priorities could make a big difference.
Maybe What We Love About the Brexit Drama Is… The Drama Bloomberg Opinion, 1 March, 2019
When human behaviour seems to drift into the irrational, one looks for explanations in the unconscious, perhaps the only level on which the bizarre Brexit process can be understood. As suggested by Irish journalist Finnian O'Toole in his book Heroic Failure, the most plausible explanation for Brexit fervour lies in the power of historical myth, reflected in rising English nationalism and longing for the mythic heroism of World War II and the glories of the lost British Empire.
Going Into Resonance Nature Physics 15, 203 (2019)
The notion of 'resonance' is among the most familiar ideas in science. Two pendulum clocks in resonance synchronize themselves, sound waves of the right frequency drive strong vibrations in a drum, and photons tuned to atomic transitions put atoms into excited states. Yet surprisingly, the modern familiarity of the concept obscures an unusual history of extremely slow recognition, with full appreciation taking some 300 years. This essay explores a little of this history.
Media Bias on Artificial Intelligence Bloomberg Opinion, 14 February, 2019
Where are we headed with artificial intelligence? We seem to be sleepwalking into the future without much public discussion of what most people want from it, or how to make sure it is used responsibly. Media coverage of AI is part of the problem, as it mostly follows industry products and announcements, and helps to purvey the industry's self-interested view of AI's value and desirability.
Searching for Civilization Nature Physics 15, 108 (2019)
Over the past half century, efforts to find evidence of life elsewhere in the Universe have centred on the search for so-called technosignatures — signs of technology being employed by a civilization that 'modifies its environment in ways that are detectable.' The current status of the search for technosignatures was the focus of a NASA meeting in September 2018, and the main points were reviewed in a recent paper. As it emphasizes, the search rests heavily on imagination to conceive of the kinds of possible technologies a civilization far more advanced than our own may develop.
Biological Transitions Nature Physics 15, 2 (2019)
Phase transitions reflect spontaneous transformations of collective organization and are among the most surprising physical phenomena. They define natural fault lines along which natural organization can exist, or change from one form to another. It would not be surprising if biology made extensive use of phase transitions in ensuring the proper workings of living organisms. Indeed, biologists have recently identified many examples, running from the basic structure of the cytoplasm in the interior of a cell to the collective migration of cell tissues during organism development or wound healing.
Underestimating Climate Change Cheats Investors Bloomberg Opinion, 27 December, 2018
As the effects of climate change unfold, its impact on business will grow more severe: altered rain patterns will affect agriculture, floods will disrupt supply lines, heat waves will prevent employees from working. If markets are to work well, investors need to know about these consequences, and many companies now voluntarily disclose estimates of climate-linked risks. Unfortunately, a comprehensive new study finds that such reporting reflects serious blind spots, and businesses appear to be dramatically underestimating the risks they face.
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Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer launches nationwide call for Trump's impeachment
Billionaire environmentalist and megadonor Tom Steyer has launched a nationwide TV and digital campaign asking Americans to petition their members of Congress to impeach President Trump.
"He's brought us to the brink of nuclear war, obstructed justice at the FBI, and in direct violation of the Constitution has taken money from foreign governments and threatened to shut down news organizations that report the truth. If that isn't a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become?" Steyer says in the video, which identifies him as simply "American Citizen."
"Join us and tell your member of Congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right," Steyer says in the ad.
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When Halloween gets political: Check out this tiny Maxine Waters
It happens every year: Halloween and politics mix.
California's politicos got in the spirit on social media.
Rep. Maxine Waters got a shoutout from a little girl in Oakland, with a play ona now viral incident in which Waters dismissed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for not answering her questions in a committee hearing and using up her allotted time.
" What he failed to tell you was that when your on my time.. I CAN RECLAIM IT!" Arya as Auntie Maxine @bigapple723 @delorian_g @theshaderoom @balleralert @repmaxinewaters @frobabies
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Orange County at center of fundraising in California's most contested races
Orange County GOP Reps. Darrell Issa, Mimi Walters, Ed Royce and Dana Rohrabacher (Los Angeles Times, Roll Call, Associated Press, Getty Images)
More than half of the money raised for the most contested House races in California is going to candidates in Orange County, another indication of its starring role in the Democratic effort to win back control of the House next year.
Of the 80 or so challengers in California, 27 are running in Orange County. A Los Angeles Times analysis of this year's campaign finance filings found it is also where the cash is going to: About $15 million of the nearly $28.5 million raised this year for 13 key races went to candidates in just four Orange County districts:
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Tom Steyer's impeachment petition gets over 1 million signatures in first week
Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer says his online petition asking Congress to impeach President Trump garnered more than 1.1 million signatures in its first week.
Last week, Steyer began airing an ad calling for Trump's impeachment and asking viewers to sign his petition urging Congress to do so. He has spent more than $10 million to air the ad nationwide, including during the World Series.
Trump attacked the effort -- and Steyer -- on Twitter after the ad ran during "Fox and Friends" on Friday. Steyer's staff members said they haven't determined whether the president's tweet boosted the signature effort.
By Chris Megerian
Gov. Jerry Brown plans climate trip to Vatican, Belgium, Norway and Germany
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Gov. Jerry Brown has mapped out a busy European travel schedule that includes attending the next United Nations conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany.
"While the White House declares war on climate science and retreats from the Paris Agreement, California is doing the opposite and taking action," Brown said in a statement. "We are joining with our partners from every part of the world to do what needs to be done to prevent irreversible climate change."
Roughly two dozen public events are planned over 10 days, starting with a speech at a Vatican symposium on Saturday. Brown won't be the only California politician at the conference. Rep. Scott Peters (D-San Diego) is speaking later that day, and state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) is scheduled to appear Friday.
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California business tax incentive program should end, legislative analyst says
Venice-based Snap, whose logo is seen here on a billboard promoting the company, has been the beneficiary of California's tax credit program (Kristoffer Tripplaar / Sipa USA)
California no longer should give specific tax incentives to businesses and instead should provide broad-based tax relief, the state's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office said in a new report.
The analyst's office examined California Competes, a program that began four years ago to give tax credits to businesses looking to move to the state or remain here, and found it puts existing companies that don't receive the awards at a disadvantage without clear benefits to the overall economy.
"Picking winners and losers inevitably leads to problems. In the case of California Competes, we are struck by how awarding benefits to a select group of businesses harms their competitors in California," the report said. "We also think the resources consumed by the program are not as focused as they should be on winning economic development competitions with other states to attract major employers that sell to customers around the country and the world."
Electric companies found at fault in North Bay fires won't be able to pass costs onto residents under proposed bill
Jason Miller, 45, plants an American flag on the charred remains of his house in Coffey Park. He had lived in the Santa Rosa neighborhood for 23 years. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
If electric utilities are found at fault in the recent wildfires in the North Bay, a group of state lawmakers want to ensure they don't pass along their costs to residents.
"Victims of devastating fires and other customers should not be forced to pay for the mistakes made by utilities," state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) said in a release.
Hill is one of four Bay Area legislators who said they plan to introduce a bill when lawmakers return to the Capitol in January to block any effort by utilities found at fault to recoup any costs from ratepayers.
Nancy Pelosi endorses Sen. Dianne Feinstein for reelection
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) endorsed the reelection bid of longtime colleague Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Monday, saying her seniority is a source of strength for the state.
"Feinstein is a strong voice and a staunch advocate for the people of California. Dianne Feinstein is uniquely positioned to defend California against Donald Trump's constant attacks on health care, immigration and voting rights. She is a recognized leader in the Senate on economic policies that work for all Californians, defending against tax policies that hurt our state," Pelosi said in a statement released by the Feinstein campaign.
Pelosi avoided getting deeply involved in the expected fight between Senate leader Kevin De León and Feinstein during an interview at a Los Angeles Times and Berggruen Institute event in downtown Los Angeles.
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Proposed initiative would end early release for some crimes, allow more DNA collection
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A coalition including police officers and prosecutors on Monday proposed a California state initiative that would end early release of rapists and child traffickers and expand the number of crimes for which authorities could collect DNA samples from those convicted.
The ballot measure is sponsored by the California Public Safety Partnership, and would reverse some elements of Proposition 47, which was approved by voters in 2014 and reduced some crimes deemed nonviolent from a felony to a misdemeanor.
The proposed initiative would add 15 crimes to the list of violent crimes for which early release is not an option, including child abuse, rape of an unconscious person, trafficking a child for sex, domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon.
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When men with power go too far: After years of whispers, women speak out about harassment in California's Capitol
Tina McKinnor, left, Sadalia King, Amy Thoma Tan, Jodi Hicks and Sabrina Lockhart have come forward to talk about their experiences with sexual harassment at the Capitol. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
It started with a dinner invitation from a former assemblyman more than twice her age. He had offered his services as a mentor, but his hand reaching for her knee under the table revealed other intentions. Then came the late-night phone calls and unexpected appearances at events she had to attend for her job in the Capitol.
Fresh out of college, Amy Brown did what she thought women were supposed to do in these situations — she reported him. The former assemblyman accused her of slander, an experience that left her so humiliated that she left Sacramento for a new job in San Jose.
"I immediately got the hell out of town," Brown said. "I felt like the people — the person — I was relying on for advancement in my career was preying on me."
By Christine Mai-Duc
Big jump in the number of House challengers isn't great news for California Republicans
So far this year, 80 challengers have reported raising money across California for the 2018 midterm elections, more than triple the number who had done so at this point in the 2016 election. Collectively, they've raised more than $14.9 million, and 70% of that has gone to the four Republican-held districts in Orange County that Democrats consider key to their chances.


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Volodymyr Zelenskiy Wins Landslide Victory in Ukraine Presidential Election
By VOA News, Henry Ridgwell
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center right, and his wife Olena Zelenska, center left, greet their supporters at his headquarters as the portrait of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is seen on a TV screen, righ...
LONDON - Isabela Cocoli contributed to this report
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old television actor, won a landslide victory in the Ukrainian presidential election Sunday, with exit polls showing he received about 73% of the vote in the final round -- nearly three times as many as his rival, the incumbent Petro Poroshenko.
"We did it together. Thanks to everyone! Now there will be no pathetic speeches, I just want to say, thank you," Zelenskiy told cheering supporters in Kyiv Sunday evening.
Conceding defeat Sunday evening, Poroshenko offered his congratulations to Zelenskiy, and added, "I will leave the office, but I want to announce firmly: I will not leave politics."
Incumbent or Comedian? Ukrainians Choose a President
Polls opened Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff as the nation's incumbent leader struggles to fend off a strong challenge by a comedian who denounces corruption and plays the role of president in a TV sitcom.Opinion surveys ahead of the vote have shown 53-year-old President Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, reflecting public dismay with endemic corruption, a moribund economy and a five-year fight against Russia-backed insurgents in the country's east.Zelenskiy,…
Poroshenko later wrote on Twitter: "You may just look at the celebrations in the Kremlin on the occasion of the elections. They believe that with a new, inexperienced Ukrainian President, Ukraine could be quickly returned to Russia's orbit of influence."
Zelenskiy combined a slick social media campaign with his image as an outsider, capitalizing on a swell of public anger at the old Ukrainian politics of cronyism and corruption.
WATCH: Landslide victory
Ultimately, the slow pace of reforms cost Poroshenko a second term, said political analyst Anatoliy Oktysyuk of the Kyiv-based Democracy House.
"Ongoing corruption scandals, some reforms, the decline in living standards and poverty prompted voters in east, in the center, and the west – but also some in Kyiv – to express their mistrust of politicians. Zelenskiy's victory is a referendum on the mistrust of former politicians," Oktysyuk added.
Critics highlight Zelenskiy's ties to exiled oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, who is accused of bank fraud and who owns the 1+1' TV channel that broadcasts his show.
Zelenskiy has pledged to continue Ukraine's pro-Western path, five years on from Russia's forceful seizure of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine.
"I think that a more pragmatic model of cooperation with Russia will be installed, that an economic cooperation will gradually be reinstated. But the conflict will not be resolved. Over the past five years, there has been a very significant fracture. As soon as Zelenskiy tries to overcome it, he will face resistance from radicals, nationalists and other political opponents," Oktysyuk said.
World reaction
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Zelenskiy Sunday to congratulate him on his victory.
A statement from the White House said Trump reaffirmed the U.S. support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. The U.S. president expressed his commitment to work with Zelenskiy and the Ukrainian people to implement reforms needed to strengthen democracy, increase prosperity and root out corruption in the country.
Monday, France, Germany and the European Union also congratulated Zelenskiy on being elected president of Ukriane.
French President Emmanuel Macron's office said Monday that he spoke with Zelenskiy and restated his willingness to work with Ukraine, alongside Germany and Russia, to resolve 5-year conflict in eastern Ukraine.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her congratulatory message to Zelenskiy that she hopes the vote will help stabilize the troubled country.
"The stabilization of Ukraine and a peaceful conflict resolution are as close to my heart as the implementation of central reforms of the judiciary, decentralization and the fight against corruption," Merkel's statement said.
In a joint letter to Zelenskiy, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk said that the newly elected president of Ukraine can "count on the EU's continued and steadfast support of Ukraine's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.''
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wrote on his Facebook page that the election results in Ukraine showed "there is a chance to improve the relations with our country after all." Medvedev expressed hope that Zelenskiy would be "pragmatic and responsible'' addressing separatism in the east.
Poroshenko is expected to hand over power next month, giving the comedian who played the president on TV a shot at the real thing. It is a big step into the political unknown and an indication of how desperate Ukrainians are for change.
Polls opened Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff as the nation's incumbent leader struggles to fend off a strong challenge by a comedian who denounces corruption and plays the role of president in a TV sitcom.Opinion surveys ahead of the vote have shown 53-year-old President Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, reflecting public dismay with endemic corruption, a moribund economy and a five-year fight against Russia-backed…
Ukraine Quiet Ahead of Presidential Election
A comedian who plays the role of Ukraine's president on television is set to take on the job for real, pushing out the man who currently holds the office, according to public opinion surveys ahead of Sunday's election.Saturday was a so-called "day of quiet," on which electioneering is forbidden, a respite from a campaign of heated statements and unexpected moments.Dismayed by endemic corruption, a struggling economy and a five-year fight against Russia-backed insurgents…
Leading in Polls, Political Novice Tells Ukrainian President 'I'm the Result of Your Mistakes'
Debate was one of last opportunities for candidates to sway voters ahead of Sunday's historic run-off election
Ukrainians Head to Polls to Elect President
Voters in Ukraine are going to the polls Sunday to elect the country's next president. They are choosing between incumbent President Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a standup comic who plays a fictional president in popular television series. The 41-year-old Zelenskiy, who has no political experience, is heavily favored to defeat Poroshenko, polls show. Zelenskiy's once long-shot bid for the presidency gained momentum amid voter frustration…
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Politics is the art of the possible. As Bismark said, it's not about what's right or what's best. It's about what you can actually get done. This perhaps is what President Maithripala Sirisena has done after being embroiled in a controversy for weeks whether to give nomination to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa or not.
It is more likely that he has done so as an act of last resort fearing he would lose the SLFP leadership in the event he withheld nomination to Rajapaksa who has been rising like a Phoenix from the ashes since his defeat in January. Despite strong opposition from the Chandrika faction of the SLPF and most others who stood behind him at the last presidential election, Sirisena seems to have taken a difficult decision.
The decision already seems to have begun to divide the party although Sirisena appears to have done so to prevent a split. With some of the party stalwarts who supported him having already decided to leave in protest the medicine appears to be worse than the cure. With divided opinion in the party on issues of democracy, good governance and the way Mahinda Rajapaksa conducted party affairs during his tenure, keeping the party together seems a Herculean task.
What Sirisena has done is trying to balance the interests of three different groups – the UNP, campaigners for good governance and his own party SLFP. He won the presidency with the help of the UNP vote base and he paid his gratitude by helping them to form a government and made Ranil the Prime Minister. To a great extent he satisfied good governance campaigners led by Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera by introducing the nineteenth amendment. Finally he would have thought of saving his party by giving nomination to Mahinda Rajapaksa from the UPFA.
He would probably have thought that ignoring the Rajapaksa faction would have resulted in a major split facilitating an easy victory for the UNP which would put him in an embarrassing situation with his party supporters blaming him for destroying the SLFP. His own fears of having to face such an ignominy would have compelled him to take the decision even unwillingly.
On the contrary, by trying to avert a major split in the party he has now distanced himself from an important section of his staunch supporters. Already, a former cabinet minister and SLFP treasurer S B Navinna has joined the UNP while there is much speculation about several others including Arjuna Ranatunga, Hirunika Premachandra and Rajitha Senaratne too following suit. Most of them are ardent supports of the former president Chandrika Kumaratunga. She was instrumental in persuading Sirisena to come forward as the common candidate against Rajapaksa and the decision to give nominations to him would have certainly infuriated her.
Despite much speculation the picture is still not clear and what makes everyone suspicious is the unusual silence of Sirisena following UPFA Secretary General Susil Premajayantha's statement on Rajapaksa getting nomination. However, the silence of Chandrika Kumaratunga and Ranil Wickramasinghe is perhaps because both being unhappy over the decision are likely to work together behind the scene to see that Rajapaksa is defeated.
In the circumstances all the SLFP stalwarts who are opposing the return of Rajapaksas will naturally rally round Kumaratunga. Hela Urumaya led by Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thera has already announced that they will form a broader front for good governance opposing Rajapaksa. Both these groups are likely to join a future UNP led front with the common aim of preventing Rajapksa's return, the same way they worked together to defeat him at the last presidential election.
This unexpected development has resulted in a section of Maithri supporters drifting towards the UNP adding much boost to their campaign. It is too early to predict how all this would affect the result of the coming election. However, if the trend continues with more people moving towards the UNP, it may even facilitate an eventual victory for them and this ironically is what Sirisena would have tried to avert by surreptitiously accommodating Rajapaksa through the UPFA.


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Review by Stu Gibson. First time CD, and slick digi-pack at that, issue for this, the only album from neo-rockabilly burn-outs Fractured, originally issued in 1987. Favourites at the infamous London psychobilly night Klub Foot in the early to mid eighties, primarily because their Restless-esque neo-stylings were played so fast, even on record, never...
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Francine is a Finnish rock'n'roll band, althought the word "rock'n'roll" may not give right picture of the band. Some would say rockabilly or something else, but the fact that this band is using a bull fiddle instead of the commonly used electric bass gives this band a special nature - the look, the feel and...
Full Blown Cherry
Rockabilly Tribute To The Ramones
Submitted by rockabilly_girl (27 August 2007)
Philadelphia rockabilly band pays tribute to the one of the greatest punk bands of our times 'The Ramones'. The album consist of mainly the biggest hits, but with a new rockin' arrangemnts from the band. Pretty much acoustic sound with a punchy double bass and a guitar that is a joy to listen to. Full...
Garnet Hearts
Life Behind Bars
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Drinkin Wine
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For the first time, every song Jumpin' Gene Simmons recorded at Sun is included along with essential alternate takes and some choice sides from his days at HI, Checker and Argo. [Simmons 1964 smash hit "Haunted House" is included on: Complete Gene Simmons on HI - Cream HEXD 53] The intriguing story of Simmons's involvement with...
The Road Is Rocky (complete Studio Masters 1956-1971) 8cd Set
Submitted by raveonreviews (01 July 2007)
Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps influenced generations of rock artists with their rockabilly recordings on Capitol. Yet, those classics sides were not the end of Vincent's story as a recording artist. This smartly documented set includes 223 of the Virginia-born rock pioneer's studio work from every label he was associated with over his 16...
The Outtakes - 6-cd Digibox With 76-page Booklet
Submitted by raveonreviews (19 November 2007)
An intriguing follow-up to the 8-CD set Gene Vincent - The Road Is Rocky (Complete Studio Masters 1956-1971), this 6-CD set, comprised of every known outtake, false start and dialogue, is a completist's dream. Featuring superb sound quality, the listener can actually hear how the various bands worked it out with Vincent in the studio. According...
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Questioning Vaccines Doesn't Make You Anti-Science
In the pro- vs. anti- vaccine debate, the "pro" side often accuses the "anti" side of being anti-science. In my observations from the sidelines, nothing could be further from the truth. What is science but
In the pro- vs. anti- vaccine debate, the "pro" side often accuses the "anti" side of being anti-science. In my observations from the sidelines, nothing could be further from the truth.
What is science but asking questions? Isn't that the very foundation of the scientific method? The vast majority of non-vaxers that I have had the privilege of interacting with have spent countless hours asking questions and searching for the answers. Of course, they can't pursue the scientific method themselves in the sense of performing experiments and observing responses when it comes to vaccines, so they are left with sorting through the piles of evidence left behind by other scientists of the past and present.
Science doesn't mean accepting someone's word for it. Science means asking questions and not resting until you get reliable answers. Following are some of the questions many moms and dads (and medical experts and yes, even scientists) have had about vaccines. Some of them don't even have answers yet. Some of them (OK, most of them) have multiple answers that conflict – you have to think analytically and critically to figure out which answer is the right one and who is lying and/or misrepresenting information. (No easy task!) Some of the questions overlap; some of them look at the same issue from a slightly different angle.
And…. each of these questions must be asked about each vaccine. (You can see why the majority of non-vaxers have spent a great deal of time and even money getting to the bottom of these questions in the process of making their decisions.)
If you haven't personally taken the time to carefully and methodically study BOTH SIDES of the vaccine debate as I have, I would encourage you to do so. I've spent many many years studying this issue, many many hours of studying both the Pro and Con sides. In order to truly achieve FULLY INFORMED CONSENT, studying both sides/ALL sides of the controversial debate about vaccines is a must, regardless of how many hours of study it will take.
Are they safe?
What are the FDA recommended doses/limits of each ingredient contained in the vaccine?
How does the body respond to the injection of these ingredients into the bloodstream?
Is it more or less dangerous for toxic ingredients to be injected into the blood vs. natural exposure to the same ingredients?
What sort of safety testing do vaccines undergo?
Are any double-blind placebo tests conducted on the vaccines?
Has the entire vaccine schedule been tested for safety (double-blind placebo) as it is given?
Have the vaccines been tested on children the age and size to which they are administered?
What are the potential side effects of each vaccine according to the manufacturer?
How often do the side effects occur?
What is the result of injecting foreign DNA into the body?
What is the risk of other contaminants (foreign matter, unintended bacteria or viruses, etc.) entering the vaccines?
Are some people more at risk for developing side effects or adverse reactions than others? If so, how do you determine who is?
Are infants and small children more at risk than adults?
How many people have died from vaccines?
Given that all medical procedures and treatments carry a risk, however slight, what recourse do you have if you or your child is injured by a vaccine?
Can vaccine manufacturers be sued in a court of law if their product injures, maims, or kills an individual?
Vaccine Efficacy
What causes infectious illness?
How can the spread of illness be prevented?
Is there any way to boost your immune system to help it fight off disease?
Is a vaccine the most reliable and effective method of preventing the spread of illness?
When did we first begin to see a decline of infectious diseases in this country?
How did the introduction of vaccines affect the rate of decline, if at all?
Are under-developed countries at a greater risk of developing infectious disease and experiencing epidemics? If so, why?
How exactly does a vaccine work in your body to prevent disease?
Does the vaccine assist the immune system's natural method of preventing disease?
How exactly does the immune system work anyway?
How is the immune system of an infant designed to work and how does it differ from that of an older child or adult?
Is an infant's immune system capable of responding to a vaccine in the way it was intended?
Does a vaccine confer immunity in every case and with every one?
How can you be sure your vaccine was effective for you?
What do antibodies mean?
Does the presence of antibodies always indicate immunity?
Which immunity is more effective: natural (from the wild virus or bacteria) or vaccine-induced?
How long does immunity from a vaccine last?
How long does natural immunity last?
Is there any way to guarantee you will not contract and/or spread a disease?
According to CDC and WHO, vaccines are responsible for eradicating smallpox. Were other factors involved? Why haven't other diseases been eradicated by vaccines? Will they ever be?
How did the diagnostic criteria of polio change after the vaccine was introduced?
How were typhoid fever and tuberculosis virtually eliminated in the United States?
Herd Immunity?
What is the basis for the theory of herd immunity?
Who coined the term herd immunity and what was meant by it?
Does the concept of herd immunity apply to natural immunity or vaccine-induced immunity?
What is the threshold where herd immunity is said to have been achieved and how has that number changed?
Have we achieved that threshold?
Can vaccine-induced immunity ever create herd immunity if the immunity is known to wane following the shot?
In what percentage of people does the vaccine not "take"?
Given that some people will not receive immunity from their shot no matter how often they receive it, that a few people can not receive shots for medical reasons, and that immunity wanes at various rates in various people and with various vaccines (and therefore many older children and adults are effectively unvaccinated) is vaccine-driven herd immunity even achievable?
Can vaccinated people carry the disease for which they are vaccinated?
Do unvaccinated people automatically carry the diseases for which most are vaccinated?
Disease & Mortality
What is the rate of mortality in the diseases for which we vaccinate?
Of the diseases for which we vaccinate, which ones have high rates of mortality and complications?
How likely are you to recover from the disease without permanent complications?
How does the rate of mortality differ between developed and under-developed countries?
What is the rate of complications of the various diseases?
How serious are the complications?
What is the likelihood of contracting the disease in the first place, vaccination aside?
Is there effective treatment for the disease (either medication or natural remedies)?
How does the rate of complications and mortality of the diseases compare with the rate of complications and mortality of the vaccine itself?
Information and Conflicts of Interest
Who is a reliable source of information regarding vaccinations?
Do government organizations like CDC, FDA and the international WHO profit in any way from vaccinations? If so, is their information trustworthy and accurate?
Is it true that the CDC has covered up information regarding vaccines, and/or has misrepresented facts and figures?
Who funds the studies regarding safety and efficacy of vaccines? Is there a conflict of interest there?
Are there any doctors, immunologists, epidemiologists, or other scientists who disagree with the current vaccination schedule?
If so, what are their qualifications and what led them to question vaccination as it is practiced today?
Are their concerns valid? Is their research sound?
Where can I find unbiased research on vaccinations?
Has anyone studied the health of the vaccinated vs. the unvaccinated? Why or why not? And if so, what were the results?
How much education do doctors receive on the topic of immunology and vaccination?
Do doctors learn about the ingredients in vaccines, how they interact with the immune system, the process of vaccination and how it works? If so, do they share this information with their parents when recommending vaccines?
Do doctors receive financial kickbacks for vaccinations? If so, does this present a conflict of interest?
Will the doctor know what to do in the event of an adverse reaction to a vaccine?
Who has the best interests of my child at heart?
You'll notice I didn't link to any information sources, resources or even books about vaccines in this post. That's intentional. Carefully consider information from any/all sources as long as you're reading critically and asking questions as you go.
In other words, THINK. Don't believe everything you read online, whether on a government website, a scientist's journal, on an anti-vaccine site, or on a blog site, or by ME. Dig to the sources, carefully and methodically analyze the information you uncover and do the work necessary to make a FULLY INFORMED CHOICE for your children and family. Don't allow anyone to just tell you what you must believe as "truth" about vaccines or any other topic. Put on your thinking cap and READ, and decide what the "facts" are for yourselves.
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When it comes to water, you don't have to know many of the particulars about it other than you cant' live without it, but you should know more.
It used to be that water was just water. Everyone pretty much drank the same water as everyone else, and that was the water that flowed from your tap. How times have changed.
Water shortages, drought, pollution, and a more health-conscious society, all have contributed to change the landscape of water consumption forever. When I was growing up there was no such thing as bottled water unless it was seltzer water that tasted like Alka-Seltzer without the medicine or distilled water for Mom's steam iron.
That is certainly, no longer the case. Here are some recent numbers on the sale of planet-polluting bottled water.
Those numbers are just mind-blowing. They seem even more incredulous when you take into account that about 25% of all bottled water is just city water from some municipality that was cleaned up and bottled.
People want clean water and as evidenced by those astronomical figures, are willing to pay dearly for it.
But what of the quality? If consumers are willing to spend $30 billion dollars a year for water, shouldn't that water be not only pure, but rich in minerals and good for them as well? Of course it should.
That is why more and more consumers are being weaned from the bottle and investing in a home-based water purification system that carries a tri-fold benefit, eliminating landfill contribution, saving money and actually contributing to their good health.
The Tyent Water Company not only makes water purification systems that produce clean, healthy alkaline water that is rich in minerals, it completely removes or lowers the level of hundreds of dangerous chemicals from your tap water.
Ionized alkaline water is water that is super-filtered for purity, mineral rich and carries a pH level of above 7. People from every walk of life are discovering just how good alkaline water is for their body and budget.
The Tyent Water Company is an industry leader in water purification systems for the home and office or anywhere that pure, chemical-free water is needed.
I saw a commercial the other day where the spokesperson for a certain company was telling how great the product was he was hawking. Then suddenly, toward the end of the commercial he said, "But don't take my word for it." My immediate thought was, "Why did they hire you if I'm not supposed to take your word for it?" Unbelievable.
I believe you should too and the following are but a few true testimonials from people about their real-life experience with award-winning Tyent Alkaline Water, some of the best water in the world.
But hey…don't take my word for it, read for yourself!
These are only two of the many enthusiastic supporters and drinkers of ionized alkaline water produced by The Tyent Alkaline Water Company.


I'm giving Clematis another go of it - this time in Downers in our new yard. Welp, actually, I'm giving it a go in a pot. With a trellis embedded into the back of the pot. In the photo above, you can see the vine as it was when I got it from Home Depot. Below, you can see the tag that shows of the variety: Clematis H.F. Young. The photo above only shows the small trellis that came with the container, but you'll have to trust me here that the larger trellis is, indeed, in place.
I grew Clematis in our old house in Elmhurst. Here is a photo from 2014 when one of our then three Clematis was taking off. I had planted the vines directly in the ground then, but this time, I'm trying a pot.
Why? Because, I'm hoping that the trellis plus this climbing vine will provide some level of screening for our patio and give us a sense of privacy. I found this piece that provided some tips on the best way to grow Clematis in a container (hint...larger containers are better for winter!) Based on my history with these vines, this (like a lot of gardening with perennials) is an investment in the future. What I'll get in terms of growth upwards this year will be minimal. But, as the roots continue to establish themselves, next Spring, we'll see some significant coverage on the trellis and hopefully, by the end of next Summer, the privacy benefits will be meaningful. I'm thinking that I can also grow some hops vines (like I did in Elmhurst) in containers with poles that can provide some of the same, vine-y benefits.


What Would Ontario's Auditor General Make Of BC Hydro's 'Prescribed' Accounting Standard? October 22, 2017.
In a special report the Ontario Auditor General severely criticised that government's new regulatory deferal scheme; what would she make of the accounting practiced at BC Hydro to surpress the true cost of electricity?


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