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November 25, 2014, 1:08 am
Colorado's changing ski climate dishes out unusual Thanksgiving feast
By Scott Willoughby
Forrest Knapp of Edwards celebrates winter's early onset atop Vail Mountain last Sunday.
Far be it for me to fall into the category of denier when it comes to climate change, but this wild and wintry month of November in the Colorado Rockies has me wondering if the phenomenon formerly known as global warming might actually be better for skiing as we know it. In the absence of a nanogram of scientific research, hear me out.
Let's start by noting that for one of the few times in the past quarter century or so that ski resorts have been marketing Thanksgiving as a skiing holiday, their marketing teams actually have something to sink their teeth, and tips, into this season. Vail Mountain is looking at one its best openings ever, offering more than 1,300 acres of virtually wall-to-wall frontside skiing just five days into the season with legitimate potential to open a portion of the Back Bowls by Black Friday. Just over Tennessee Pass, little old Ski Cooper is opening 100 percent of its terrain more than two weeks ahead of schedule on what they're cleverly calling White Friday (Nov. 28).
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Categories: Colorado Sports, Outdoor Extremes, Outdoors, Skiing and Snowboarding
WATCH: "The Faces of Dav" reveals the many dimensions of skier Chris Davenport
By Jason Blevins
Chris Davenport long ago moved beyond simply being a "professional skier."
The Roaring Fork Valley athlete's two-decade career has evolved from big mountain competitor to big hucking film star to pioneering mountaineer to innovative gear engineer. He's a father to three kids; gifted rippers who are destined to carry the "Dav" name even deeper into the ski world. He guides clients into all places snowy, spreading his unwavering stoke for skiing and his steep-tech skills across the globe. He's contributed to the design of big-mountain skis for Kastle, a lightweight outwear collection for Spyder and tour-friendly, hard-charging boots for Scarpa. And he's one of North America's first Red Bull athletes, shepherding the genre-defining beverage maker's increasingly youthful crop of daredevils since the days when coffee was the sole energy drink. If ever there was an ultimate ambassador in today's ski world, it is Davenport.
"If you want longevity, you have to clearly integrate yourself with the business," he says in the first installment of Red Bull's "Faces of Dav" series, which chronicles the 43-year-old professional life on skis. "That's what going to take you to the next level."
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Categories: Colorado Sports, Outdoor Extremes, Skiing and Snowboarding
Mikaela Shiffrin gives, receives inspiration from young cancer patient
By John Meyer
Mikaela Shiffrin competes during the FIS World Cup women's slalom in Are, Sweden, on March 8, 2014. (Pontus Lundahl, EPA)
So you're tired of stories about athletes who break the law, abuse their positions and take their athletic gifts with a sense of entitlement? I am, too. Fortunately those are the exception in Olympic sports. I love this story about Mikaela Shiffrin, the phenomenal 19-year-old ski racer from Eagle/Vail.
You should read the full story by Sweden's Sport-Expressen and watch the video above that goes with it, but here's a quick synopsis: In 2012, Shiffrin picked up her first career World Cup win at a slalom race in Åre, Sweden. After the race, she met a young cancer victim from Örnsköldsvik, the same hometown as former Avs star Peter Forsberg. Shiffrin was deeply moved and wrote a Facebook post about it:
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Categories: Olympics, Skiing and Snowboarding
Gravy goes deep on a Maycember morning up Berthoud Pass
Gravy pup skiing at Berthoud Pass May 12 2014 from Jason Blevins on Vimeo.
The Gravy pup has taken to skiing like a Lab to water. The Labradog mix was indefatigable on Monday at Berthoud Pass, pounding nearly 4,000 vertical of climbing and then burrowing and floating through a couple feet of blower pow. Not bad for a 10-month old.
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Categories: Outdoor Extremes, Skiing and Snowboarding
Rohan and Anna Lauer Roy finish 14-day mission to climb, ski all 14 Sawatch Range 14ers
Anna Lauer Roy reaches the summit of Mount Yale. (Courtesy of Rohan Roy)
They did it.
Leadville mountaineers Rohan and Anna Roy climbed more than 45,000 vertical feet and skied all 14 14,000-foot Sawatch Range peaks in 14 days. They skied down Mount Massive Sunday afternoon to a group of waiting, cheering friends.
The pals offered the exhausted couple a ride back home to Leadville. They both had to work the next day. Luckily someone brought a couple bikes.
"We wanted to get home on our own power and we thought a bike fit the bill," said Rohan, who with his wife dreamed up the first-ever ski of the 14 highest Sawatch Range peaks as a way to raise $14,000 for the Full Circle youth service outfit where he designs outdoor programs for Leadville teens.
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Best spring skiing in years available in Colorado high country
Springs turns at Loveland in 2011. Photo by Andy Cross / The Denver Post
Remember those eager turns in November? Flying down manmade ribbons of white, swerving through the giddy masses, pining for powder, endless terrain and no crowds?
That dreamy scenario is thriving up high. The resorts are open wall-to-wall. Many resorts are boasting their best coverage in years: Crested Butte, Monarch. Others are offering plentiful stashes of pow: Breckenridge, Loveland, Mary Jane, Steamboat, Beaver Creek.
And the slopes are as lonely as ever.
We jostle through packed highways and just-as-crowded icy groomers in November and December. We wade through oceans of spring breakers in January and February. Then, when snow reaches its deepest and crowds evaporate, everyone decides it's time whack weeds and pedal pavement? All that energy wasted to get slopes ready for Thanksgiving turns and then all but two hills shut down when it gets perfect. It's time for a paradigm shift in ski-time attitudes when the high-country singletrack is dry in November and buried under 15-plus feet of snow in April. Why not realize that skiing really doesn't start until January but can thrive deep into May or even June?
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Red Bull, Aspen building first-ever double halfpipe for snowboard contest
Red Bull is developing the first-ever "double pipe" – a pair of 22-foot halfpipes positioned side by side – at Aspen Skiing' s Buttermilk ski area. Riders will spin through both pipes in the first contest of its kind March 19-23.
What's better than a 22-foot halfpipe?
Two halfpipes. Side by side. With rails, gaps and features atop the walls.
Red Bull, Aspen Skiing and Snow Park Technologies are teaming up to build an Olympic-caliber halfpipe alongside the X Games halfpipe for a first-ever double-pipe contest that will feature snowboarders spinning between both pipes.
"A 'Double Pipe'? Are you kidding me? Two side-by-side halfpipes with transfers and options all over?? This is the kind of thing that our team at SPT has been dreaming about, and only a company like Red Bull can bring something like this to life," said Chris Gunnarson, the founder of Snow Park Technologies, the renowned outfit that builds the world's top snowparks and pipes. "It's one thing to design this concept on a computer, but the build plan for something this immense already has our heads spinning. It's so rad to see a project like Red Bull Double Pipe break the mold with such a super progressive event on this scale."
The invitation-only event – scheduled for March 19-23 – will host top riders in what will be the largest halfpipe feature ever built. Judges will rank the riders on style, creativity and use of the course, just like any halfpipe contest. A list of riders is expected soon at www.redbull.com/doublepipe.
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Utah group sues Alta to overturn snowboard ban
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A group of four snowboarders has sued Utah's Alta ski area to overturn the resort's longstanding ban on snowboarding.
The Wasatch Equality group on Wednesday filed the 26-page lawsuit in Utah's U.S. District Court, targeting both Alta and the Forest Service, arguing the prohibition of snowboarders is based on prejudice against the single-plankers and violates the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause.
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US Snowboarding Olympic Team determined this week in three events at California's Mammoth Mountain
U.S. Snowboarding's leading slopestyle snowboarder Chas Guldemond practices last week at the Breckenridge Grand Prix, where a blizzard cancelled snowboard slopestyle and halfpipe events. The contests will be held this week at California's Mammoth Mountain. (Photo by Ezra Shaw, Getty Images
U.S. halfpipe and slopestyle snowboarders have a huge week ahead of them. They will compete in three Olympic qualifying contests at California's Mammoth Mountain over four days this weekend as they fight to make the Olympic teams.
Only one U.S. halfpipe snowboarder – Kelly Clark – has secured a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team in Sochi. The cancellation of last weekend's stormy Breckenridge Grand Prix snowboarding halfpipe and slopestyle events pushed all the qualifying into back-to-back double-headers at Mammoth.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association on Monday announced it would replace both the cancelled Breckenridge halfpipe and slopestyle events at the already planned two-contest Grand Prix at Mammoth.
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Categories: Olympics, Outdoor Extremes, Skiing and Snowboarding
December 22, 2013, 9:57 am
Slopestyle women celebrate smaller jumps at Copper Mountain Grand Prix
Grete Eliassen of the United States skis to third place in the women's FIS Slopestyle Ski World Cup at the U.S. Snowboarding and Freeskiing Grand Prix on December 21, 2013 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Bad weather is dangerous for men and women slopestyle skiers and snowboarders. But the lighter women, who fight to maintain essential speed to clear big jumps, are especially at risk on courses with only one take-off jump. Those single lips are big, designed mostly to hurl speedy men into the sky so they can spin as many as four times while flipping two or three times.
Copper Mountain's slopestyle course offered both large and smaller take-offs, unlike Breckenridge's Dew Tour slopestyle course or the X Games slopestyle course at Aspen's Buttermilk ski area.
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After the Dew Tour's first stop of the Olympic season, U.S. freeskiing and snowboarding teams taking shape
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The Dew Tour in Breckenridge last weekend was the first step toward Olympic glory and delivered the first glimpse of who could represent the U.S. in the Sochi Winter Games, where ski and snowboard slopestyle as well as ski halfpipe will debut. Skiers have three more Olympic-qualifying contests in Copper Mountain, Park City in Utah and Northstar in California. Snowboarders will compete at this week's Copper Grand Prix and then Northstar before a final weeklong sprint with two halfpipe and slopestyle finals at Mammoth Mountain in California in mid January.
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Nick Goepper wins Dew Tour ski slopestyle; Mark McMorris sets snowboard bar
Mark McMorris of Canada soars to first place in the men's snowboard slopestyle at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge. (Doug Pensinger, Getty Images)
BRECKENRIDGE — Slopestyle skiers battled high winds on Sunday at the Dew Tour, but still managed technical tricks as they pushed their sport toward its Olympic debut in February.
Top qualifier Nick Goepper spun double-flipping 900s and 1080s in four directions with lengthy grabs and smooth rail riding on his first of two runs to forge a lead that lasted the entire contest.
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Monster first hits in Dew Tour halfpipe, the first Olympic-qualifying event since FIS dropped required straight air
Shaun White's monster first air is always the highest hit in halfpipe contests and Saturday's Dew Tour competition was no different. New Olympic rules no longer require a straight air.
The Dew Tour, unlike formal FIS Olympic qualifiers, never required a straight air in the snowboard halfpipe contest. This year, however, skiing and snowboarding's international governing body has decided that snowboarding athletes do not need to throw a straight air in their runs. So Saturday's Dew Tour saw athletes spinning double-corks and big spins on the first hit.
"It's going to be funny seeing fewer straight airs, which is nice. I think you should have the freedom to do whatever you want," said Louie Vito, who spun a floaty 540 on his first hit and finished fourth.
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Greg Bretz bests Shaun White, Torah Bright beats Kelly Clark in Dew Tour snowboard halfpipe
Shaun White crashes during his first run as he went on to finish second in the men's snowboard superpipe final at the Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships on Dec. 14, 2013 in Breckenridge, Colorado. (Doug Pensinger, Getty Images)
So maybe they aren't untouchable.
Both Shaun White and Kelly Clark took rare tumbles in the halfpipe Saturday during the Dew Tour finals at Breckenridge. And competitors took advantage of the opportunity to best the best, stepping up with strong runs in what became a day of upsets in the halfpipe.
Bouncing back from a 2012 injury, Mammoth Mountain's Greg Bretz — a 2010 member of the U.S. Olympic halfpipe squad — threw down a dominant first run that held throughout the best-of-two-runs contest Saturday morning.
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Shaun White, Jamie Anderson and Torin Yater-Wallace shine in second day of Breckenridge Dew Tour
Shaun White's anticipated slopestyle debut at Breckenridge's Dew Tour shined bright on Friday, with the snowboarding kingpin locking down a top qualifying spot heading into Sunday's finals.
The halfpipe wizard is aiming to compete in both slopestyle and halfpipe in the Sochi Winter Olympics. That's not an issue in the pipe, where the 27-year-old is untouchable. He easily qualified in the top spot for Saturday's Dew Tour halfpipe finals.
Slopestyle is another story for White, who has been eclipsed in recent contests by powerful Canadians like Sebastien Toutant and Mark McMorris. White dashed any doubts on Friday, with a solid run that featured unwavering double-cork trickery, but not the triple-corks that earned McMorris a Dew Tour title last year.
Breckenridge's Eric Willet qualified second, joining fellow Americans Chas Guldemond, Sage Kotsenburg, Brandon Davis, Eric Beauchemin and Spencer Link among the 16 finalists in Sunday's slopestyle showdown.
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Freeskier Angeli VanLaanen battles back from Lyme disease to halfpipe silver at Dew Tour
Angeli VanLaanen, left, won halfpipe silver at the Dew Tour on Friday, Dec. 13. Maddie Bowman, center, took gold and Brita Sigourney won bronze.
For several years, Angeli VanLaanen thought her podium days were over.
The 28-year-old halfpipe skier from Bellingham, Wash., was constantly fatigued. On bad days, joint pain left her unable to crawl from bed. Befuddled doctors treated her for a variety of illnesses. Four years ago, after 14 years of misdiagnosis, she was tested for Lyme disease.
"The symptoms are so varied and mimic other conditions. It confuses doctors," she said.
After three years of grueling treatment, the buoyant athlete's Lyme disease is in remission. She's fighting to regain her top-tier position in freesking after three years without competing. It's a fight she's winning: the top qualifier climbed onto the halfpipe podium Friday at the Dew Tour halfpipe finals with a fluid, technical final run earned her silver.
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Dew Tour's first skiing and snowboarding events of Olympic season offer surprises
Shaun White soars to the top qualifying spot in Thursday's halfpipe contest at the Breckenridge Dew Tour. Photo by Jason Blevins
For the first days of this Olympic season, even the athletes most eager to shine in Sochi's Winter Games took tentative steps toward their goal.
There wasn't any double-cork 1260s or triple-cork 1440s at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge on Thursday. While some powerhouses (and the two youngest competitors at Dew) prevailed, several celebrated athletes did not pass through qualifying rounds.
Canadian pipe skier Roz Groenewoud – the 2011 world champion and two-time Winter X Games gold medalist – fell shy of the top eight finalists in Wednesday's qualifying contest. Grete Elliassen, a perennial slopestyle champion recovering from a 2012 knee injury, dropped from qualifying after falling on her first run. Henrik Harlaut, the always grinning Swede with the most audacious tricks in slopestyle, bobbled a landing on Thursday and failed to make Sunday's finals. Olympic gold medal snowboarder Hannah Teter didn't make the finals.
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Burton uses vintage quilt in designing Olympic snowboard uniform
"Nothing represents Americana more than handcrafted patchwork quilts and the American flag."
Burton women's Olympic Competition jacket
That's from Burton, which unveiled the 2014 U.S. Snowboarding Team uniforms on Wednesday. The Vermont-based company – which pretty much owns snowboarding, with a majority share of all snowboard, binding and apparel sales – has outfitted Olympic snowboarders in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. For 2014, Burton went old-school. As in handcrafted, quilting old-school.
Burton designers drew their jacket inspiration from a vintage quilt they discovered at an antique fair. A "veteran Vermont quilt maker" refined the design and it was replicated using high-end fabrics, Burton's own waterproofing laminate and a breathable membrane.
The hand-stitched look, coupled with waterproofed corduroy pants "give the uniform a 'heirloom hippy' vibe that lines up with snowboarding's laid-back culture while paying respect to America's longstanding creative heritage," said Greg Dacyshyn, Chief Creative Officer at Burton Snowboards, in a statement. "It will stand out in Sochi for sure."
Beaver Creek World Cup ski schedule changes because of snow storm
Italy's Werner Heel adjust his boots at the bottom of the Centennial Lift before a free ski for the men's downhill World Cup race in Beaver Creek. The training session was canceled. (Getty Images)
BEAVER CREEK — Weather has caused major adjustments to the men's World Cup schedule here this week.
Tuesday's downhill training run was cancelled because some teams encountered travel problems getting here after competing last weekend in Lake Louise, Alberta. And because significant snow is in the forecast, the downhill scheduled for Saturday will be run Friday. The super-G scheduled for Friday will be run Saturday.
Snowfall and cold temperatures are in the forecast through Thursday.
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Lindsey Vonn's talks about knee injury with Matt Lauer on the Today Show
Lindsey Vonn has not been made available to ski racing media since she re-injured her right knee training at Copper Mountain last week, but on Wednesday she spoke with Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show. Here is a partial transcript:
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Fact Sheet – Pesticides
Estimated Population At Risk At Identified Sites: 3.4 Million People*
Estimated Global Impact: 5 to 8 Million People*
What Are Pesticides?
Pesticides are those substances, often chemical in nature, that are used with the intent to repel or eliminate species that have an adverse affect on agricultural or horticultural production. Pesticides are also used to fight tropical diseases like malaria. This class of pollutants falls under the umbrella of agrochemicals or agrotoxins, and was initially developed to improve agricultural output, enhance crop growth, and repel or eliminate pests that hinder crop yields.
What Are Pesticides Used For?
The term pesticide encompasses a variety of compounds used in agriculture. A "pesticide" can be classified as an insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, nematocide, and molluscicide. Pesticides work by interfering with essential biological mechanisms of their target species, primarily through actions such as paralyzing an insect's nervous system. However, since these biological mechanisms are not specific to one species, these chemicals can harm other organisms, including humans.
How Are Pesticides Released Into The Environment?
Pesticides enter and pollute the environment primarily through their direct application in agricultural fields. A significant percentage of the millions of tons of pesticides used each year is washed away by rainfall into nearby surface waters and groundwater. Pesticides can also be released through improper or abandoned storage facilities. This is a particular problem in low- and middle-income countries.
How Do Pesticides Reach Humans?
People are commonly exposed to pesticides through occupational inhalation and ingestion of contaminated food and water. Many commonly used pesticides are classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which do not easily biodegrade and can bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue. Today, the use of POPs chemicals is forbidden under the Stockholm Convention.
What Health Risks Can Pesticides Cause?
Health effects from pesticides are difficult to generalize because of the varied nature of the chemicals in this category. Certain insecticides, such as the organochlorine lindane, are highly persistent in the environment and are believed to affect the human nervous system. Various types of pesticides have been linked to skin irritation, convulsions, headaches, loss of vision, respiratory difficulties, fertility and neurological problems, and cancers, and in extreme cases, death. The use of certain insecticides is associated with cancers of the prostate, pancreas, liver, and other organs.
*Population estimates are preliminary and based on an ongoing global assessment of polluted sites.

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Democrat impeachment talk gains as Trump blocks lawyer testimony
Washington (AFP)
Democratic Party talk of impeachment intensified Tuesday after Donald Trump's former lawyer Don McGahn refused to testify about obstruction allegations against the US president.
House Democratic leaders held off fresh pressure from rank-and-file legislators to launch an effort to remove the president, after the White House again stymied their probe into Trump's actions in the Russia meddling investigation.
But McGahn's refusal to abide by a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee stoked the furor among Democrats, with more demanding the party resolve to put the president on trial.
"Stonewalling Congress on witnesses and the unredacted Mueller report only enhances the President's appearance of guilt, and as a result, he has pushed Congress to a point where we must start an impeachment inquiry," said Representative Mark Pocan, one of the leaders of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
"We need to do our job & vote on impeachment," tweeted Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has so far fended off pressure to pursue that option, scheduled a party meeting Wednesday to discuss the issue.
"I don't think we're there at this point in time," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Pelosi's deputy, said Tuesday.
Hoyer said they would continue on the current path of investigating Trump, which has included seeking testimony and documents that so far the Trump administration has refused to hand over.
"And if it leads to a conclusion that we need to proceed further through other avenues, including impeachment, so be it," he said.
- White House 'stonewalling' -
McGahn's refusal to appear before the Judiciary Committee was the most recent in a growing list of ways the White House has frustrated investigations by the Democrat-controlled House.
Trump's Justice Department has refused to turn over to Congress the unexpurgated version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report on his Russia meddling and obstruction investigation, along with supporting documentary evidence.
Arrangements for Mueller himself to testify have been stalled on his insisting that much of his testimony take place in private.
And the White House appealed Tuesday against a federal court order for Trump's accountants to turn over years of his financial records to another House committee.
McGahn was subpoenaed to testify on evidence he provided to Mueller on Trump's efforts to stifle that investigation, evidence which Mueller indicated was strong enough to support criminal obstruction charges.
Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said each of the incidents that McGahn described to Mueller "constitutes a crime," and that McGahn must testify.
"Our subpoenas are not optional," Nadler said in opening the hearing with the witness chair empty.
"Let me be clear: this committee will hear Mr McGahn's testimony, even if we have to go to court to secure it."
Nadler accused Trump of "stonewalling" but the White House maintains that Mueller's sprawling probe cleared the president, meaning there was no need for more digging.
The White House also says that people on Trump's staff cannot legally be compelled to testify -- an argument that Nadler disagrees with.
- Shadow of 2020 -
But Democrats remain divided on how to move ahead. With an election 18 months away, Democratic leaders have so far stuck to the position that determined investigations of Trump will serve a better purpose than a politically fraught impeachment effort.
The Washington Post reported that late Monday Nadler, whose committee would handle any impeachment action, told Pelosi that he favored opening an impeachment inquiry, the first step in the process.
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a member of Nadler's committee, told reporters that she will formally introduce a "resolution of investigation" for impeachment "in the next 48 hours."
But Hoyer argued that his fellow Democrats were not yet ready.
"I don't think there is any Democrat who probably wouldn't in their gut say, he's done some things that probably justify impeachment," said Hoyer.
"Having said that... I think the majority of Democrats continue to believe that we need to continue to pursue the avenue that we've been on."


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7 What are the Top 5 Christmas songs?
8 What is the most favorite Christmas carol?
9 What are the 10 most popular Christmas songs?
10 What are the most beautiful Christmas songs?
11 What is the easiest Christmas song to sing?
12 What is the best Christmas song about Jesus?
13 What Christmas song is about Jesus?
14 What are Christmas songs about Jesus called?
What is sung at Christmas in a church?
A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas holiday season. The term noel has sometimes been used, especially for carols of French origin.
What are the top 10 Christmas hymns?
If less traditional holiday music is more your style, check out Come On And Jingle Bell Rock to These Holiday Albums.
"Go Tell It On The Mountain"
"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"
"Children, Go Where I Send Thee"
What is the most popular Christmas hymn?
"Silent Night," which Mohr wrote the lyrics for (in German) in 1816 and Gruber put to music two years later, is the most recorded Christmas song in the modern era of the holiday's substantial oeuvre.
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What are the names of 4 religious Christmas songs?
22 Best Religious Christmas Songs to Spread Holiday Joy
2 "I Wonder as I Wander" by Harry Connick Jr.
3 "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" by Norah Jones.
4 "Angels We Have Heard on High" by Josh Groban.
5 "Away in a Manger" by Sarah McLachlan.
6 "O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Nat King Cole.
What is the oldest Christmas song ever?
Jesus Refulsit Omnium is often cited as the oldest known Christmas song in the world. Like many of the first Christmas songs, "Jesus Refulsit Omnium" is a Christian hymn. The hymn was composed in Latin by St. Hilary of Poitiers sometime in the fourth century.
When was Jesus actually born?
Some scholars think that he was born between 6 B.C. and 4 B.C., based partly on the biblical story of Herod the Great.
What are the Top 5 Christmas songs?
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Remastered Frank Sinatra
2 Hallelujah Carrie Underwood, John Legend 4:35
3 Silent Night The Temptations 2:24
4 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree – Single Version Brenda Lee 2:06
5 Deck The Hall Nat King Cole 1:08
What is the most favorite Christmas carol?
In honor of the Christmas Classic, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," (English, 1780) here are some of our favorite carols.
Silent Night.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
O Come All Ye Faithful.
O Holy Night.
What Child is This?
We Three Kings.
The First Noel.
Away in a Manger.
What are the 10 most popular Christmas songs?
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York.
Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody.
Bing Crosby – White Christmas.
Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day.
Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You.
Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas.
Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas?
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What are the most beautiful Christmas songs?
As the festive season approaches, we've donned our Christmas hats and found the most beautiful performances of these enduring carols.
In the Bleak Mid-Winter – Gustav Holst version.
In the Bleak Mid-Winter – Harold Darke version.
Hark!
O Come, O Come Emmanuel.
Coventry Carol.
What is the easiest Christmas song to sing?
Easiest Christmas Songs To Sing For Beginners
White Christmas.
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree.
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Jingle Bells.
Winter Wonderland.
We Wish You A Merry Christmas.
Driving Home For Christmas.
What is the best Christmas song about Jesus?
The 10 Best Christmas Songs About the Birth of Jesus
"Mary's Boy Child" by Harry Belafonte.
"Take a Walk Through Bethlehem" by Trisha Yearwood.
"What Child Is This?" by Josh Groban.
"O Come All Ye Faithful" by a Traditional Choir.
"Away in a Manger" by Alan Jackson.
"Sweet Little Jesus Boy" by Trisha Yearwood.
What Christmas song is about Jesus?
1. "Noel" by Chris Tomlin (featuring Lauren Daigle) This contemporary Christian Christmas song from 2015 celebrates the birth of Jesus. It was written by Chris Tomlin and performed by Lauren Daigle, whose voice is simply inspired.
What are Christmas songs about Jesus called?
Christian Christmas Songs
Silent Night. Lyrics for this song from genius.com.
Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful.
Angels We Have Heard on High.
Once in Royal David's City.
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.
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India only G20 nation to meet its climate change mitigation goal
New Delhi: India is the only country on track among the G20 nations to meet its climate change mitigation commitments, according to a the 2020 Climate Transparency report published on Wednesday.
Climate Transparency, an international partnership of 14 research and non-governmental organisations, examined efforts to combat climate change among the G20 nations — examining their climate goals and actions taken.
The report found that India's "fair share" climate targets that it set under the 2015 Paris Agreement as well as the actions it's taken in the years since make it "compatible" with the upper goal of curbing global warming by 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
India has promised to reduce its emissions intensity by 33-35 per cent by 2030 and took actions in its energy, waste, industry, transport and forestry sectors, the report said.
However, the report noted that India continues to not be on track to reach the Paris Agreement's long-term 1.5 C target. It added that India could be a "global leader" if it didn't build new coal fired power and phased out the use of coal by 2040.
According to the report, other nations and the European Union's targets do not go far enough to curb global warming between 1.5 to 2 C, and their actions have fallen short of the targets set when the Paris agreement was ratified. Projected temperature increases under these commitments are now expected to be more than 2.7 C of warming by 2100.
No country, barring Japan, has submitted new targets until now — although the report noted that Japan has made no changes to its original target.
The use of natural gas in the EU was also flagged as a threat for a potential "carbon lock-in." The EU is currently co-funding 32 new gas infrastructure projects worth €29 billion ($34.3 billion)
https://timesofoman.com/article/india-only-g20-nation-to-meet-its-climate-change-mitigation-goal
So that´s all going much slower then pledged...
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However, the report noted that India continues to not be on track to reach the Paris Agreement's long-term 1.5 C target.
No shit, shylock? Shock, horror, amazement.
British billionaire to force 'hundreds' of companies into climate action
British billionaire Chris Hohn is aiming to force hundreds of U.S. and European companies to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by enlisting global investors to demand an annual vote on their climate plans at shareholder meetings.
Hohn, who has emerged as a major investor voice on climate change, set a precedent last month by using a shareholder resolution to force Spanish airports operator Aena AENA.MC to draft a new climate plan and submit it to an annual vote.
Hohn, founder of the TCI hedge fund, aims to replicate that model at many more companies in the next two years by mobilising investors to sponsor similar resolutions as part of his new Say on Climate www.sayonclimate.org campaign.
Under Hohn's plan, shareholders submit a resolution requesting companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, present a plan to reduce them, and give shareholders an annual nonbinding advisory vote on that plan.
Rather than push for specific action by groups of high-emitting companies, such as oil and gas majors, Hohn aims to drive a systemic shift so that it becomes standard practice for all major companies to submit climate plans for annual scrutiny.
"We think we need an annual general meeting shareholder vote to create an accountability mechanism for the execution of the plan – otherwise companies will do as little as they can get away with," Hohn said.
https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/11/22/billionaire-companies-climate/
With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a 'Climate Envoy' With Stature
When John Kerry served as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, he helped steer the negotiation of the Paris Agreement, locking down commitments from nearly 200 nations — including his own — to begin to reverse the dangerous warming of the planet.
Now his diplomatic task may be even tougher.
On Monday, president-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. said he intended to name Mr. Kerry his special presidential envoy for climate, a cabinet-level position in the new administration. In that role, Mr. Kerry will need to persuade skeptical global leaders, burned by the Trump administration's hostility toward climate science, that the United States is prepared to resume its leadership role — and will stay the course, regardless of the Biden administration's future.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/climate/john-kerry-climate-change.html
De uitstoot van broeikasgassen in de Europese Unie is in 2019 met 3,7 procent gedaald. Dat meldt de Europese Commissie maandag. De emissies zijn inmiddels met 24 procent teruggedrongen ten opzichte van het niveau van 1990. Het doel is om de uitstoot voor 2030 met 55 procent terug te dringen.
https://www.nu.nl/economie/6093687/uitstoot-van-broeikasgassen-daalde-in-eu-vorig-jaar-met-37-procent.html
2019 GHG emissions in the EU down 3,7%
Of course that is created and not used emissions but whatever.
Dutch climate activists Milieudefensie sue Shell over emissions
A group of environmental organizations backed by thousands of Dutch citizens launched a civil case Tuesday against the energy giant Shell, asking a court to order the multinational to commit to reining in its carbon emissions by 45 percent by the year 2030.
Lawyer Roger Cox told a panel of three judges at The Hague District Court that Royal Dutch Shell's corporate policy is "at odds" with global climate goals.
"The claimants therefore conclude that Royal Dutch Shell's corporate policy is on collision course with global climate targets," Cox said as he opened four days of hearings spread over the coming weeks.
Shell lawyers were to make their opening statement later Tuesday.
The legal battle led by Milieudefensie, the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth, is the latest in a string of cases around the world in which activists are using the courts as a venue to fight for action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from governments and companies.
A victory for climate activists in a Dutch courtroom could spur even more legal challenges. ...
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/160088/Dutch-climate-activists-Milieudefensie-sue-Shell-over-emissions
"Climate change: Temperature analysis shows UN goals 'within reach"
We can keep it down to a 2.1C rise by 2100, now that China and the US are onboard, IF the Paris pledges are met.
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." Isaac Newton
How can we even think of 2.1C as safe or a worthy goal?
Our current inputs are already enough to lose Arctic sea ice, to turn Siberia into a source instead of a sink and to accelerate Antarctic ice loss.
All these things were the things we needed to prevent from happening.
I agree, and note the "IF" in caps
The UK is NOT on track to meet it's pledge:
Then there's the fine print, here enlarged for your education:
In the spirit of wishful thinkingFor those who want to remain hopeful in government action
There is a conventional wisdom gaining credence that reducing fossil fuels by 6% per year up to 2030 somehow fixes everything. How wrong can you get? My understanding is that carbon capture and storage on a large scale and further fossil fuel reduction will then be required.
Obviously there will be increasing use of renewable energy and it is likely that much loot will be wasted on investments in increased fossil fuel production capacity that will never be used.
I reckon we will see at least one year of +1.5 before 2030, +2 by then will be wishful thinking, and further environmental damage done to Planet Earth, life survives but damaged even more (see last image).
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/02/world-is-doubling-down-on-fossil-fuels-despite-climate-crisis-un-report
World is 'doubling down' on fossil fuels despite climate crisis – UN report
Production must fall by 6% a year to avoid 'severe climate disruption' but Covid-19 funding is supporting increases
The world's governments are "doubling down" on fossil fuels despite the urgent need for cuts in carbon emissions to tackle the climate crisis, a report by the UN and partners has found.
The researchers say production of coal, oil and gas must fall by 6% a year until 2030 to keep global heating under the 1.5C target agreed in the Paris accord and avoid "severe climate disruption". But nations are planning production increases of 2% a year and G20 countries are giving 50% more coronavirus recovery funding to fossil fuels than to clean energy.
The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to cut production in 2020 by 7%, the report says, but this barely changes the total production expected by 2030. Countries are on track to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels consistent with a 1.5C limit by that date.
The Production Gap report says G20 governments have committed more than $230bn (£173bn) in Covid-19-related funding to fossil fuel production and consumption to date, far more than the $150bn to clean energy. But it found that between 2020 and 2030, global coal, oil, and gas production must fall by 11%, 4%, and 3% a year respectively, to meet the 1.5C target.
The assessment of future fossil fuel production is based on the most recent published energy plans by eight key countries that produce 60% of the world's fossil fuels: Australia, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Norway, Russia and the US.
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Ken Feldman
In addition to government policies, economics are also important. And the reality is that alternatives to fossil fuels are either cheaper now (wind and solar power) or are becoming cheaper in the next few years (battery electric vehicles).
Oil demand is expected to drop in the next few years due to decreased air travel (which will lead to a 4% drop in oil demand alone in 2021), and the increased adoption of electric vehicles. So beating the 4% for oil is a given.
Coal is dropping like a rock due to the fact that it's more expensive than renewables and natural gas. Global consumption peaked in 2013 and more capacity is being retired than is being built now. While China still builds new coal fired power plants to keep construction workers employed, they run the plants at lower capacity factors because the electricity is more expensive and more polluting than the alternatives. While reductions in coal use may not reach 11% in the early 2020's, reductions of greater than 11% per year are likely by the end of the decade. It's unlikely that any coal fired power plants will be operating in the US, India or Europe after 2035 because it is cheaper to build new wind and solar than it is to run an existing coal fired power plant. It will be interesting to see how China treats coal in it's new five-year plan to be published soon. They can't afford to have their manufacturers pay more for electricity if Vietnam, India and their other competitors switch to cheaper renewable electricity.
Natural gas is currently the most competitive fossil fuel with renewables, but as renewables continue to decrease in cost, natural gas will lose that advantage. For electricity generation, renewables will continue to take market share from gas at an increasing rate. In the US, we're currently installing 75% new renewables to 25% new gas. A few years ago, those numbers were reversed. In the US, we're seeing media reports about natural gas being in the same position coal was a few years ago (about to be replaced by renewables).
And we're seeing large battery installation replace peaker gas plants and investment in new LNG export facilities has dried up with no new final investment decisions for LNG facilities in North America this year. Several major pipeline projects in the US were cancelled this year.
In summary, while fossil fuel producers may have grandiose plans to continue to grow their facilities and production ability, the reality is that they're on the decline. And the alternatives to fossil fuels continue to get cheaper, which will lead to more cancellations for planned projects and more early retirements for existing facilities.
Exxon just wrote down $17 billion in fossil fuel assets. BP has acknowledge that peak oil demand occurred in 2019 and shifted billions of dollars of investment plans from oil production to renewable energy projects. With these large private corporations making these financial decisions, it's clear that the energy transition is well underway.
Ardern declares climate emergency, pledges carbon neutral New Zealand government
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics said needed to be backed with greater actions to reduce emissions. ...
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN28C0CR
Influential New York pension fund will drop fossil-fuel stocks, put pressure on utilities and auto makers to cut emissions
New York's $226 billion pension fund sets 2040 net-zero carbon emissions target
New York State's $226 billion pension fund, one of the world's largest and most influential investors, will eliminate many of its fossil-fuel stocks in the next five years, officials said Wednesday.
In addition to the split from oil, gas, oil-services and pipeline companies, the fund will sell shares in other companies that contribute to global warming by 2040, the state comptroller added.
"Achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 will put the fund in a strong position for the future mapped out in the Paris Agreement," Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a release.
"We continue to assess energy-sector companies in our portfolio for their future ability to provide investment returns in light of the global consensus on climate change. Those that fail to meet our minimum standards may be removed from our portfolio," DiNapoli said. "Divestment is a last resort, but it is an investment tool we can apply to companies that consistently put our investment's long-term value at risk."
New York's fund, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, has historically invested about $12 billion in fossil fuels, the New York Times reported. The fund's announcement comes after it moved to sell its stock in 22 coal companies last year. …
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/influential-new-york-pension-fund-will-drop-fossil-fuel-stocks-put-pressure-on-utilities-and-auto-makers-to-cut-emissions-11607538475


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Back to the campus follies
by Alexander H. Joffe
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/9934/back-to-the-campus-follies
School is back. Kids around the country have put away baseball gloves, bathing suits, those big scoop things they use to play hai-lai, and they're dutifully waiting for school buses. Or to be dropped off on campus, where they will decorate their dorm rooms and launch into college life.
From the "Only in New York" file, we have news that an NYU professor who discovered an important arthritis drug has donated $105 million to the university, which will endow a couple of professorships, build some labs, and support some students. This bequest, which could be categorized as happy drug-related news, happened at about the same time as two students overdosed on contaminated heroin, with one unfortunately dying. At least all the dorms have had their balconies bricked shut. Just wait until classes actually start at NYU.
Meanwhile, uptown at Columbia the big news seems to be the opening of a Farmers' Market in Morningside Park, which has predictably raised the ire of local store owners and community groups that run other farmers' markets. It is too early to say whether this year will be as exciting as last in terms of open conflict regarding politicized classrooms. But Columbia's real estate saga is boundless, now in its fourth century, and is being made more interesting by Kelo vs. New London and the question of eminent domain. Which brings to mind a modest proposal: what if The Donald were to propose tearing down Columbia's campus and putting up a casino? Given that this would bring certifiable economic gains to the community, could Mike Bloomberg exercise eminent domain and send Bollinger and Company packing? Just thinking out loud.
Fortunately, at Brown progress has been made replacing the antiquated cable TV system in the dorms with TV beamed straight to students' computers. Why not go 100% wireless and watch TV during class? Students are already instant messaging and downloading who-knows-what. At the risk of sounding (even more) cranky, this makes me nostalgic for my own college days when nobody had a TV, much less a computer, and if you wanted to watch Love Boat or Battle of the Network Superstars you had to go to a bar and order a drink like a normal person.
To quickly switch coasts (and moods), a group of Berkeley students held a protest on Sproul Plaza to protest the university's slow response to the hurricane.
"Protesters also drafted a list of demands, including giving academic credit to UC Berkeley students who plan on traveling to New Orleans to aid the relief effort."
Going to New Orleans to help out is undoubtedly a good and noble impulse or sentiment, but it raises a series of questions. If a student has no particular skills applicable in a search and rescue situation, like being a certified scuba diver with rescue training, or, more grimly, forensic anthropology, or even a heavy equipment operators license, or post-crisis skills, as in mental health counseling, what exactly will they do? What sort of credit should they receive? And what if a student volunteers to help out in another situation, say, in Darfur? My impression is that hurricane relief has already suffered from too many people who don't know what the hell they're doing, namely a whole swath of administrators at the local, state and federal levels, and the occasional publicity-hungry Hollywood type.
I could go on and on. But the point is not simply to make fun but to show that colleges and universities are doing what they always do, socializing young people, hustling for money, wrestling with the local community, coping with disasters large and small, and maybe even engaging in a little education. Until we have a more articulate view of what society would like universities to be, with specific goals and logical means, they will be all over the place. And as a collection of over three thousand non-profit corporations, serving over 16 million students, with hundreds of thousands of employees, and spending $63 billion in state funds alone, how could the picture be anything but heterogeneous, that is to say, a mess?
The question perhaps should be, what in this giant concatenation of conflicting interests are basic philosophic principles and baselines standards? What is a university education for? Certification of basic literacy and numeracy for American capitalism, exposure to Great Ideas that can be models for thoughtful living, or a means of "subverting the mind-numbing, consumer/capitalist/fascist/sexist/racist/classist ideologies that surround us in the form of American mythologies and mass culture?" Parents and students are generally after one or both of the first two possibilities, while faculty members not infrequently devoted only to the third. Consumers have the power to generate pressure for change, but they generally decline to exercise it.
"Academic freedom" is always thrown up as the single, all-purpose defense and anyone who questions what universities do or do not do is automatically an anti-intellectual McCarthyite. Jonathan Cole's mangled metaphor (link via ) captures this haughtiness nicely,
"Tie a tourniquet around that free flow of intellectual energy, and we will halt the production of knowledge that is necessary for conquering disease and poverty and for improving the quality of everyday life."
Please. Even with Cole's ungraceful recourse to biology, this is simply not a credible defense from the humanities and social sciences, mired in opposition and obscurantism, whose petulant bohemianism deliberately dissolves everything it touches. What does "academic freedom" mean when its practitioners cannot agree that we even share a single reality?
Until such a time when there can be even a minimal revival of consensus on goals and standards, for that it all that is really required, then the best we can hope for is a sort of "normal science" period where the news from campus is characterized primarily by juvenile behavior from students, indulgence thereof from the university, and groans from parents writing the checks. Gifted teaching, and inspired learning, no doubt still go on, but rarely make the headlines, since they are usually outnumbered by confessional footstamping and unreadable (and unread) contributions to journals with names like Cultural Critique.
In the meantime let's all pull out our dog-eared copies of Edward Shils' fundamental book The Academic Ethic and get ready for a long school year.
Alexander Joffe directs Campus Watch, which observes academic Middle East Studies with an eye toward improvement.
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Physical activity can lead to difference in diet preferences between males, females
Recent studies have shown that approximately 90 percent of adult Americans fail to reach the U.S. Department of Health guidelines for physical activity, which could be contributing to surging obesity rates. Now, new research by a multidisciplinary team of University of Missouri researchers suggests that physical activity can change diet preferences in males, but not in females--an area that researchers say has not been thoroughly studied.
"Our team wanted to make every effort to study female perspectives on how exercise affects diet, because most other studies neglect females," said Jenna Lee, a doctoral candidate in the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at MU. "We wanted to take a look at what drives diet preference and if environmental factors, such as physical activity, play a role in how males and females eat."
The team, led by Matthew Will, an associate professor of psychological sciences in the MU College of Arts and Science, divided male and female rats into two groups--a sedentary group and one that had access to a running wheel. Both groups ate the same food. After another week, Lee replaced the standard diet with three optional diets: high fat (similar to cookie dough), high sucrose (three times more sucrose than the other two diets), and a high-cornstarch diet. Each of the diets were matched on proteins, and the rats had continuous access to all three diets for four weeks.
Results showed that sedentary male rats preferred the high-fat diet over the other diets. Male runners ate about half as much of the high-fat diet as their sedentary counterparts but increased their intake of the other two options. Female sedentary rats, like their male counterparts, mostly stuck to the high-fat diet. Surprisingly, female runners also preferred the high-fat diet and actually consumed slightly more calories than the sedentary females.
"We also examined brain opioids and gut microbiota, and we discovered key changes that paralleled the patterns observed in diet preferences between male and female runners. A reason for this might be that females have an elevated threshold for rewards. Considering females demonstrate higher levels of reward signaling in the brain, this may possibly explain the higher threshold or capacity for reward. Perhaps something like running may be satiating for males but not for the females, so the females are consuming more of the high-fat diet. We expected to find differences between runners and sedentary rats, but it was the sex differences that surprised us."
The research draws attention to the importance of studying both men and women in research, Lee said.
The study, "Sex determines effect of physical activity on diet preference: Association of striatal opioids and gut microbiota composition," was published by Behavioral Brain Research. Funding was provided by the Research Council of the University of Missouri. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.
For more on the study, please see: https://coas.missouri.edu/news/sex-determines-effect-exercise-diet-preference
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Regular physical activity seems to enhance cognition in children who need it most
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The benefits of physical activity for older adults
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Physical activity may protect against new episodes of depression
Increased levels of physical activity can significantly reduce the odds of depression, even among people who are genetically predisposed to the condition.
Is physical activity always good for the heart?
Physical activity is thought to be our greatest ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease.
Physical activity in lessons improves students' attainment
Students who take part in physical exercises like star jumps or running on the spot during school lessons do better in tests than peers who stick to sedentary learning, according to a UCL-led study.
Physical activity may attenuate menopause-associated atherogenic changes
Leisure-time physical activity is associated with a healthier blood lipid profile in menopausal women, but it doesn't seem to entirely offset the unfavorable lipid profile changes associated with the menopausal transition.
Are US adults meeting physical activity guidelines?
The proportion of US adults adhering to the 'Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans' from the US Department of Health and Human Services didn't significantly improve between 2007 and 2016 but time spent sitting increased.
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds do less vigorous physical activity
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds, including from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds, have lower levels of vigorous physical activity, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.
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Q: Retrieve current mixer levels with WMI? Is there a way to get Windows audio mixer levels using WMI? For example, to get the current line input level.
Ideally this would work on XP and Vista, although I'm aware the audio subsystem is completely different between the two, so I might need a different solution for each.
Edit: suggestions in any language will do.

A: Nope - none of the audio controls are exposed through WMI.

A: Vista re-vamped the audio system, and there is not any good samples out there for controlling lines in the mixer yet, that I have found.

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Bombardier manufactures the model trains Regio 2N at its plant in Crespin.
Switzerland, New York, and now France. Bombardier Transportation has missed the past three weeks.
The turn of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) to complain about the quality of the new trains received. The railway undertaking French official has confirmed the information published by the daily Le Parisien reports of the criticism directed against Bombardier Transportation. "We have a problem with Bombardier ", a supplier of new trains Regio 2N, denounced the boss of the SNCF Transilien, Alain Krakovitch. "It was intended that we have, for the beginning of 2019, 42 new trains […] we received 32, except that the last trains that were received were not of satisfactory quality ". He cited " the non-quality industrial, such as screws not tight, wiring that is both visually […] From the first use, the paddle has a failure. This is of course unbearable ! "The defects affect 8 out of 32 oars, but the SNCF has made the decision not to" take the oars ".
Bombardier France, which manufactures these trains at its plant in Crespin, " is aware and apologizes for inconvenience that this creates for the passengers ". "But the difficulties of the row R may be summarized in the Regio 2N" she defended, arguing that " many of the failures of the Regio 2N relate to facilities provided by the operator and are not the responsibility of Bombardier ". And Bombardier Transportation to add that these incidents do not reflect the overall performance of reliability and availability of the Regio 2N of the R line, which are in January 2019 best that contractual goals set by the SNCF. Deliveries on the line R " will be on-time, in accordance with [to the] commitments vis-à-vis the SNCF and the Ile-de-France Mobility ", has also served as Bombardier.
This output of the SNCF takes place a few days after the complaints made on Friday by the boss of the transport Company of New York. Andy Byford has described as "painful" and "depressing" the difficulties encountered on the cars R179 circulating on several lines of New York. It had " suspended any further deliveries pending resolution of technical problems. Bombardier had recognized his liability and promised a quick resolution. The resumption of deliveries was announced Tuesday. Bombardier has delivered 160 of the 300 cars ordered, manufactured at its plant in Plattsburgh.
On 10 January, Bombardier Transportation was beckoned, this time by the swiss federal Railways, SBB, refusing also to take delivery of new trains as those put into service, after some five years of delay, were not repaired. Problems with the doors, the reliability of trains and the comfort of the passengers were mentioned. Bombardier is committed to settle everything in the next few weeks.
This contract switzerland, signed in 2010, was originally on the delivery of 59 trains, for a total of 2.12 billion. If it is accompanied by a penalty of more than 660 000 $ per ream per week of delay, the possibility that this clause is exercised has not been mentioned.


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Golimumab Reduces Symptom Severity in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Patients who received golimumab and methotrexate reported larger improvements than monotherapy patients.
An analysis of patient records indicates that adding methotrexate to golimumab may increase the latter's ability to treat the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis. This finding from real-world patients echoes the conclusion of several clinical trials.
Researchers from Canada used the Biologic Treatment Registry Across Canada (BioTRAC) database to compare outcomes for 57 patients who received golimumab monotherapy and 95 patients who received a combination of golimumab and methotrexate. Patients from both groups reported improvements on 8 separate measures of disease severity after they had undergone 6 months of treatment, and they maintained those gains for the full 12 months of study follow up.
Patients who received golimumab and methotrexate reported larger improvements than monotherapy patients in all but 1 measure of disease activity, but the difference only rose to the level of significance for 1 measure: total number of tender joints. Median tender-joint totals for combination therapy patients fell from 6.93 at baseline to 1.16 after 12 months while median totals for monotherapy patients fell from 6.88 to 3.43 (p for superiority 0.013).
Median totals for swollen joints fell from 4.71 to 0.51 among combination therapy patients and from 5.21 to 1.73 among monotherapy patients (p=0.123). Median totals on a pain index fell from 50.47 to 26.37 among combination therapy patients and from 47.26 to 26.05 among monotherapy users (p= 0.819).
Median PtGA (Patient Global Assessment) scores fell from 50.68 to 26.44 among combination therapy patients and from 46.88 to 24.24 among monotherapy patients (p=0.731). Median MDGA (Physician Global Assessment) scores fell from 4.78 to 1.36 among combination therapy users and from 5.08 to 2.39 among monotherapy users (p=0.112).
Median DAS28 (Disease Activity Score 28) scores fell from 4.15 to 2.30 among combination therapy patients and from 4.07 to 2.91 among monotherapy patients (p=0.106). Median HAQ-DI (Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index) scores fell from 1.03 to 0.67 among combination therapy patients and from 0.96 to 0.76 among monotherapy patients (p=0.726).
The 1 measure that saw monotherapy outperform combination therapy (though not significantly) was the PASI (Psoriasis Area and Severity Index). By that measure, median scores fell from 2.09 to 0.74 among combination therapy users and from 2.66 to 0.45 among monotherapy users (p for monotherapy superiority 0.331).
"The results of this analysis have shown that treatment with golimumab, with or without methotrexate, is effective in reducing symptom severity and improving disease outcomes over a 12-month period in psoriatic arthritis patients," wrote the study authors, who presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals. "However, concomitant treatment with methotrexate may confer additional benefits. Additional analyses with larger sample sizes are required."
Several clinical trials that have been published to date have found that concurrent methotrexate may increase the efficacy of anti-tumor necrosis factor treatments, the authors of the new study wrote, but little previous research had looked to see whether combination therapy led to improved results in real-world practice.
The study authors noted several limitations to their work, including its retrospective nature, but cited the relatively small number of patients as the largest obstacle to determining whether the apparent benefits of methotrexate were significant.
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A business case has been drawn up for a flyover bridging the A1 at Wittering.
This will be taken to Transport Minister Chris Grayling in May and will outline reasons why the current gap in the central reservation should be replaced.
John Bradshaw, who co-ordinates the A1 Flyover Campaign, said a meeting of interested parties at Peterborough City Council offices on Wednesday March 20 had been 'very positive'.
As a result of the meeting, a deputation for Wittering village and parish council, RAF Wittering and North West Cambridgeshire MP Shailesh Vara will now outline the main points of their case to the transport minister.
These include the danger of the current junction, that many Wittering residents suffer from 'village isolation' because they are cut off from facilities such as doctors and dentists, and that carbon emissions are increased because people have to drive north to Stamford in order to travel south from Wittering.
Mr Bradshaw said: "We do understand the Government has limited money, but we still need to try."


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A win is a win unless you're Andrew Luck, and then it seems like nothing is quite good enough.
Luck was 20 of 28 for 290 yards with touchdown passes of 60 and 3 yards to Coby Fleener, 10 yards to Chris Owusu and 3 yards to Zach Ertz and Stanford beat host Duke, 44-14, in a nonconference football game Saturday.
Luck drove the sixth-ranked Cardinal 85 yards for a touchdown on its first possession with a short pass to Fleener and Stanford (2-0) never trailed. That wasn't enough to satisfy the perfectionist that dwells inside the redshirt junior quarterback though.
"We put some points on the board," Luck said. "We found our stride, you could say, our rhythm in the second half," Luck said. "But we're going to get beat if we continue to play like that offensively."
Stanford scored first for the 12th time in its last 15 games and scored points on its first drive in 11 of the past 15 games.
Stanford opens Pac-12 play next Saturday night at Arizona (1-1) in a scheduled 7:45 p.m. kickoff.
Lee Butler returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown to pull Duke to within 10-7 late in the first half.
That was enough of that for Luck, who then led Stanford on four consecutive touchdown drives to turn it into a rout before exiting one play into the fourth quarter.
"I've only been around a couple of quarterbacks that see everything," said Stanford coach David Shaw. "I thought he managed the game very well. Early on we had a couple of protection issues where he had to slide and throw a few off his back foot. He's resilient. He never backs down."
Stanford linebacker Shayne Skov recorded 11 tackles, six solo, as the Blue Devils scored one offensive touchdown and that came against reserves in the final minute of the contest.
"We started the second half playing our style of football," Shaw said. "Our defense did a great job responding to adversity."
Owusu finished with seven catches for 106 yards and Jeremy Stewart added a 30-yard touchdown run for the Cardinal.
"The running game, I thought, was great," Shaw said. "I thought it was good from start to finish. We were hitting four, five yards a chunk early on. We were just waiting for the breakout run."
Stanford was 1-3 in its previous four visits to the East Coast since 1997, though the Cardinal did rout Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl in January. Two years ago, Stanford was beaten at Wake Forest in the first road start of Luck's career, a defeat that may be able to be laid to rest after this weekend.
Stanford pulled away from a Duke team that was a three-touchdown underdog and was coming off another loss to a lower-division FCS team.
The 2010 Heisman Trophy runner-up led Stanford 59 yards in four plays and capped the drive by hitting Owusu with a catch-and-run that made it 17-7 with 39 seconds left before halftime, the first of five straight touchdown drives for the Cardinal.
Luck stretched the lead to 24-7 when Fleener beat safety August Campbell to the ball and rumbled downfield for his second score of the day.
"I guess you could say Andrew makes a lot of hard throws look easy," Fleener said.
And after Stewart's scoring run, Luck hit Ertz with a short strike that made it a 37-7 one play into the fourth quarter.
The Cardinal went up 10-0 on Jordan Williamson's 40-yard field goal early in the second quarter.


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It seems that you have a problem with your network connectivity. Try to connect manually after switching off wifi adapter on your laptop and reset your router for few minutes at least otherwise It would be a good idea to perform a network test using www.netscan.co and click on the green button "Start network scan!". You will receive a unique URL which you can share with us so we can help.
Where would I find the wifi adapter? And how do I switch it off?


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A module for serving static files.  Does etags, caching, etc.

## USAGE

Here are some very simple usage examples.

Just serve the files in the cwd at the root of the http server url:

```javascript
var st = require('st')
var http = require('http')

http.createServer(
  st(process.cwd())
).listen(1337)
```

Serve the files in static under the /static url.  Otherwise do a
different thing:

```javascript
var mount = st({ path: __dirname + '/static', url: '/static' })
http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  var stHandled = mount(req, res);
  if (stHandled)
    return
  else
    res.end('this is not a static file')
}).listen(1338)
```

The same sort of thing, but using an express middleware style:

```javascript
var mount = st({ path: __dirname + '/static', url: '/static' })
http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  mount(req, res, function() {
    res.end('this is not a static file')
  })
}).listen(1339)
```

Serve the files in static under the / url, but only if not some doing
other thing:

```javascript
var mount = st({ path: __dirname + '/static', url: '/' })
http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  if (shouldDoThing(req)) {
    doTheThing(req, res)
  } else {
    mount(req, res)
  }
}).listen(1340)
```

Serve the files in static under the / url, but don't serve a 404 if
the file isn't found, so that the rest of the app can handle it:

```javascript
var mount = st({ path: __dirname + '/static', url: '/', passthrough: true })
http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  mount(req, res, function() {
    res.end('this is not a static file');
  });
}).listen(1341);
```

Pass some options to the `st` function, and it returns a handler
function.

That handler function will return `true` if it handles the static
request, or `false` if it doesn't.  (This is so that you can only
serve static files if they're in `/static` for example.)

Here are some options if you want to configure stuff.  All of these
are optional except `path` which tells it where to get stuff from.

If you pass a string instead of an object, then it'll use the string
as the path.

If you don't specify a `url`, then it'll mount on the `'/'` url, so
`st({ path: './static/' })` will try to serve `./static/foo.html` when
the user goes to `http://example.com/foo.html`.  (Note: This behavior
changed in st 0.2.0.)

Here are all the options described with their defaults values and a
few possible settings you might choose to use:

```javascript
var st = require('st')
var mount = st({
  path: 'resources/static/', // resolved against the process cwd
  url: 'static/', // defaults to '/'

  cache: { // specify cache:false to turn off caching entirely
    fd: {
      max: 1000, // number of fd's to hang on to
      maxAge: 1000*60*60, // amount of ms before fd's expire
    },

    stat: {
      max: 5000, // number of stat objects to hang on to
      maxAge: 1000 * 60, // number of ms that stats are good for
    },

    content: {
      max: 1024*1024*64, // how much memory to use on caching contents
      maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 10, // how long to cache contents for
                              // if `false` does not set cache control headers
      cacheControl: 'public, max-age=600' // to set an explicit cache-control
                                          // header value
    },

    index: { // irrelevant if not using index:true
      max: 1024 * 8, // how many bytes of autoindex html to cache
      maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 10, // how long to store it for
    },

    readdir: { // irrelevant if not using index:true
      max: 1000, // how many dir entries to cache
      maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 10, // how long to cache them for
    }
  },

  // indexing options
  index: true, // auto-index, the default
  index: 'index.html', // use 'index.html' file as the index
  index: false, // return 404's for directories

  dot: false, // default: return 403 for any url with a dot-file part
  dot: true, // allow dot-files to be fetched normally

  passthrough: true, // calls next/returns instead of returning a 404 error
  passthrough: false, // returns a 404 when a file or an index is not found

  gzip: true, // default: compresses the response with gzip compression
  gzip: false, // does not compress the response, even if client accepts gzip

  extensions: false, // default: do not assume a default extension
  extensions: ['.html', '.htm'] // if a file isn't found, fall back to the
                                // first available of these extensions
})

// with bare node.js
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  if (mount(req, res)) return // serving a static file
  myCustomLogic(req, res)
}).listen(PORT)

// with express
app.use(mount)
// or
app.route('/static/:fooblz', function (req, res, next) {
  mount(req, res, next) // will call next() if it doesn't do anything
})
```

On the command line:

```
$ st -h
st
Static file server in node

Options:

-h --help             Show this help

-p --port PORT        Listen on PORT (default=1337)

-d --dir DIRECTORY    Serve the contents of DIRECTORY (default=cwd)

-i --index [INDEX]    Use the specified INDEX filename as the result
                      when a directory is requested.  Set to "true"
                      to turn autoindexing on, or "false" to turn it
                      off.  If no INDEX is provided, then it will turn
                      autoindexing on.  (default=true)

-ni --no-index        Same as "--index false"

-. --dot [DOT]        Allow .files to be served.  Set to "false" to
                      disable.

-n. --no-dot          Same as "--dot false"

-nc --no-cache        Turn off all caching.

-a --age AGE          Max age (in ms) of cache entries.
```

## Range Requests

Range requests are not supported.

I'd love a patch to add support for them, but the spec is kind of
confusing, and it's not always a clear win if you're not serving very
large files, so it should come with some very comprehensive tests.

Thankfully, as far as I can tell, it's always safe to serve the entire
file to a request with a range header, so st does behave correctly, if
not ideally in those situations.  It'd be great to be able to do the
better thing if the contents are cached, but still serve the full file
if it's not in cache (so that it can be cached for subsequent
requests).

## Memory Caching

To make things go as fast as possible, it is a good idea to set the
cache limits as high as you can afford, given the amount of memory on
your server.  Serving buffers out of process memory will generally
always be faster than hitting the file system.

## Client Caching

An etag header and last-modified will be attached to every request.
If presented with an `if-none-match` or `if-modified-since`, then
it'll return a 304 in the appropriate conditions.

The etag is generated based on the dev, ino, and last modified date.
Stat results are cached.

## Compression

If the request header claims to enjoy gzip encoding, and the filename
does not end in '.gz' or '.tgz', then the response will be gzipped.

Gzipped bytes are not included in the calculation of cache sizes, so
this utility will use a bit more memory than the cache.content.max and
cache.index.max bytes would seem to allow.  This will be less than
double, and usually insignificant for normal web assets, but is
important to consider if memory is at a premium.

Gzip compression can be disabled by setting `gzip: false` on the options passed
into `st()`. This is useful if your application already handles gzipping
responses by other means.

## Filtering Output

If you want to do some fancy stuff to the file before sending it, you
can attach a `res.filter = myFilterStream` thing to the response
object before passing it to the mount function.

This is useful if you want to get the benefits of caching and gzipping
and such, but serve stylus files as css, for example.

## Security Status

Versions prior to 0.2.5 did not properly prevent folder traversal.
Literal dots in a path were resolved out, but url encoded dots were
not.  Thus, a request like
`/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/etc/passwd` would leak sensitive
data from the server.

As of version 0.2.5, any `'/../'` in the request path, urlencoded or
not, will be replaced with `'/'`.  If your application depends on url
traversal, then you are encouraged to please refactor so that you do
not depend on having `..` in url paths, as this tends to expose data
that you may be surprised to be exposing.

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