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A riói egyezmény vagy teljes címén A biológiai sokféleségről szóló egyezmény (angolul: Convention on Biological Diversity) 1992. június 13-án Rio de Janeiróban aláírt nemzetközi egyezmény, amely állást foglal az ember (emberi társadalom) és a természet (élővilág, biológiai sokféleség, biodiverzitás) viszonyának meghatározásában. Az egyezmény nem csupán az alapelveket és a feladatokat határozza meg, de intézkedik a végrehajtás funkcionális, szervezeti és finanszírozási kérdéseire vonatkozóan is. Az egyezményt Magyarországon az 1995. évi LXXXI. törvény hirdette ki.

Az egyezmény megkötése
Az ENSZ 1992-ben Rio de Janeiróban rendezett Környezet és fejlődés konferenciáján (Föld-csúcs) született meg A biológiai sokféleségről szóló egyezmény, az éghajlat-változási keretegyezmény, valamint elfogadták a fenntartható és tartamos erdőgazdálkodás alapelveit, illetve meghatározták a sivatagosodással foglalkozó nemzetközi megállapodás kidolgozásának szükségességét. Ezek közös alapelveit a "riói nyilatkozatban" rögzítették.

Célkitűzései
 A biológiai sokféleség (biodiverzitás) megőrzése, komponenseinek fenntartható használata, a genetikai erőforrások hasznosításából származó előnyök igazságos és méltányos elosztása, beleértve a genetikai erőforrásokhoz való megfelelő hozzáférhetőséget, technológiák átadását és pénzeszközök biztosítását.
 Az egyezmény egyensúlyra törekszik a három hangsúlyos cél megfogalmazásában a megőrzés, a használat és a hasznok megosztása között.
 Az egyezmény értelmében a biológiai sokféleség a bármilyen eredetű élőlények közötti változatosságot jelenti, beleértve többek között a szárazföldi, tengeri és más vízi-ökológiai rendszereket, valamint az e rendszereket magukban foglaló ökológiai komplexumokat; ez magában foglalja a fajokon belüli, a fajok közötti sokféleséget és maguknak az ökológiai rendszereknek a sokféleségét.
 A biológiai sokféleségről szóló egyezmény nem klasszikus természetvédelmi egyezmény, hiszen a célkitűzései nem csupán a természetvédelemre utalnak, hanem a társadalom érdekeit közvetlenül szolgáló hasznosításra. Az Egyezmény azért különleges, mert az egész élővilágra vonatkozik, vagyis minden élőlény és élő rendszer fennmaradását, a földi élet valamennyi formájának egyetemes védelmét tűzi ki célul. A biológiai változatosság értéke ugyanis egyaránt rejlik annak komponenseinek ökológiai, genetikai, tudományos, oktatási, szociális, gazdasági, kulturális és esztétikai értékeiben.

Az egyezményből következő kötelezettségek
Az egyezmény megfogalmazza a részes államok által elvégzendő feladatokat, a biológiai sokféleség fenntartható hasznosításával kapcsolatban, valamint a kutatás és képzés, a közoktatás és tájékoztatás, a környezeti hatások vizsgálata és a káros hatások minimalizálása, a technológiák hozzáférhetősége és átadása, az információcsere, illetve a finanszírozás területén.

Az egyezmény szervezete
Az egyezmény legfőbb döntéshozó szerve a Részes Felek Konferenciája (Conference of the Parties, COP).

Külső hivatkozások
 A Biológiai Sokféleség Egyezmény és a Biológiai Biztonság honlapja

Kapcsolódó szócikkek
 Nagojai jegyzőkönyv

További információk
 F. Nagy Zsuzsanna–Foltányi Zsuzsanna–Gyulai Iván: A riói egyezmények magyarországi végrehajtása. A környezetvédő, természetvédő szervezetek véleménye; Magyar Természetvédők Szövetsége, Bp., 1997

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Sauler replaces Gee Abanilla, who took over the coaching reins for the Green Archers' only last season, in a surprising move.
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San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon revealed a man has been found guilty for abusing a six-year-old boy.
Jose Francisco Gonzalez Guilty Of Assaulting Six-Year-Old
SAN FRANCISCO—On December 4, the San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón revealed that a jury found Jose Francisco Gonzalez, 51, of San Francisco, guilty of two counts of forced oral copulation, one count of forced lewd acts upon a child, and one count of committing a lewd act upon a child.
According to a press release from the SFDA's Office, the victim was a six-year-old boy. Gonzalez faces a maximum term of life in prison. A sentencing date has not been determined.
"The facts of this case are extremely disturbing," said Gascón. "Ensuring such men never touch another child is some of the most important work we do."
According to court records, Gonzalez, who was a family friend, rented a room from a San Francisco family. Over a period of several months, he babysat for the family's two boys, ages six and three, while his mother worked a night shift.
In March 2017, the victim's three-year-old brother disclosed to his mother that he saw his older brother fellate Gonzalez. This disclosure led the six-year-old to reveal that over the course of several months, while his mom was working and the suspect babysat for him, the Defendant forced the six-year-old to fellate him, engaged in oral copulation of the six-year-old, and put his finger in the six-year-old boy's anus.
At trial, the victim described Gonzalez as his "big best friend." He informed the six-year-old not to tell his mother because it would make him cry. The three-year-old child testified at trial that, "We were keeping it a secret… but it's not a secret anymore."
"We hope this verdict gives the victim and his family some measure of comfort," said Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Schmidt.
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Released in March 2000, MDK2 features three styles of gameplay, depending on which character you're playing. The gameplay ranges from typical shooting action with Max, a six-legged dog, to puzzle solving with Dr. Hawkins. The story continues from where the first game left off. Kurt, Max, and Dr. Hawkins don't even have time to celebrate their victory over alien invaders as a new alien menace starts to take over Earth.
Best time, PC version: Easy 1:24:48 by Andres 'Mad Andy' Montalbetti on 2006-11-09, done in 49 segments appended to one file.
Speedrunning MDK2 was an idea which came to my head once reading a few threads on SDA about the game. For those that don't know, MDK 2 is the sequel to MDK (duh) and it takes place right where MDK finished. You play as Kurt from the first game, Max which is a 6 legged robotic dog, and Dr. Hawkins, a mad/funny scientist. Kurt's levels are based on stealth and sniper puzzles (like in the first game), Max's levels are based on picking up guns and destroying everything in sight, and the Doc's levels are based on puzzles.
Easy and straight forward level. It went rather well overall. Maybe I could've been a little faster in a few spots but it's definitely passable.
This level is pretty straight forward too. I was able to pick up the necessary ammo without stopping, and the boss went down pretty quick with 4 UZIs. Overall good.
Level 3 (Dr. Hawkins) - What is the BFB?!
Apart from the rather hilarious toast easting at the beginning it was quite good. It could've been a bit faster in the lounge part, but it's very random, so I just stuck with an above average attempt. The boss went down quite fast too, even if I missed him 3 times, but considering it's hard to hit him, and getting to that stage requires a lot of luck, I stuck with that attempt.
Originally I tried to avoid the fat aliens and their homing in laser thingies. I realised that it was more like something you'd expect to find in a TAS, so instead I picked up the sniper shield right at the start and absorbed the hits with it. It serves as some kind of invincibility. Overall it was pretty smooth, and the boss was also taken out rather quickly.
Level 5 (Max) - Dog Eat Dog!
This level went pretty good overall. Unfortunately lengthy due to the platforms room and the generator room, but apart from that it was quick. The boss was also killed quite well by using 4 Gatling guns.
First of all, note that there's a small inconsistency. At the beginning, on the way to the lounge, you may notice that there's a segment change, and before the fadeout I had the atomic toaster equipped, and after I don't. This was unfortunately because once i figured out you could hit the buttons with the atomic toasts I redid the first bomb in about 30 seconds faster, but when I figured it out I was already at the 3rd bomb, and before I didn't have the toaster equipped, so this small inconsistency showed up.
I originally went through the level to see how pressing the bomb buttons worked, and if they were pre-set. That was the case for the 1st bomb, but all the others were random. Now, instead of following the game's lead and press the switches in a specific random order, I manipulated luck and pressed the switches in the order that I wanted to press them. This meant that I needed to use quite a lot of segments. The boss was also totally random, but he could be killed by using the plutonium Kermit gives you previously in this level. Overall it was quite good, even though doing this level took me forever.
The lockball puzzles and the green headed robots in this level almost made me hate Kurt and his segment of the game =P Overall it went quite well, and the boss was taken out before he managed to disappear under the huge platform.
This level was pretty straight forward and easy too. A bit tricky in a few spots and overall a long level. It went quite well overall.
Figuring out the best character was a big challenge of this level. However, considering max has the fastest pre-boss and fastest/easiest boss, that's who I went with. There were 2 parts to the boss, the outside and the inside. The goal of the outside was to get the game to generate 2 ray guns (being the most powerful weapons) around the arena and pick up the atomic jetpack while shooting Balloobba. The inside on the other hand had the goal to destroy all the organs within 1 cycle. I managed to do so, and it was overall quite good.


A vibrant upright perennial with beautiful spires of deep pink flowers appearing throughout the summer and into autumn. Planted next to lighter pinks and whites, this pretty plant makes for a very elegant addition to any border.
Divide larger clumps every second year in the springtime. Protect the crown in winter using mulch. This plant carries a low toxicity, and can cause harm if eaten.


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Just a simple application to showcase how to use Apache Wicket and Liferay 6.1.

This project contains embedded HSQL database, which destroys all
	data at shutdown. If you want different database, add JDBC driver to
	pom.xml and change src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml

	How to build WAR file:
	mvn package

	In the project are 2 portlets: "Item portlet" and "Item count portlet".
	Create a WAR file, deploy it to running Liferay server and add these two portlets to some page.

	If you want to develop using these technologies, download STS (Spring Tool Suite),
	install from Eclipse Marketplace plugin "Liferay IDE", associate your Liferay instance
	with STS (in view Servers), import this Maven project to STS and then simply deploy it
	to Liferay server.

My other projects:

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Hospital run races to $400K
Uon Pakthom, better known as Sai (centre), runs in Siem Reap town. Information Ministry
Voun Dara
The Angkor Hospital for Children received more than $400,000 from a fund-raising campaign led by a Cambodian celebrity singer and performer who has pledged to earn a million dollars for the cash-strapped Siem Reap facility.
The campaign, Run for Charity with Sai, was launched in October by Uon Pakthom, better known as "Sai". Since then, Sai has garnered donations by running on roads throughout the country and planned to stay at it for 99 days.
Sinketh Arun, the director of the hospital's Public Relations-Cambodia Department, said the campaign will end in January.
"The hospital received a total of $405,508 by November 23. With all the time remaining, Sai expected to receive $1 million dollars from donors to help the Angkor Hospital for Children," Arun said.
She added that Sai would leave Siem Reap town on November 27 and run to Preah Vihear, Stung Treng, Ratanakkiri, Mondulkiri, Kratie, Kampong Cham, Prey Veng and Kandal – before crossing his personal finish line in Phnom Penh.
When Sai ran into Siem Reap province on November 23, deputy provincial governor Pov Piseth came to welcome him at the Jayavarman VII Roundabout along with a crowd of civil servants and students.
Piseth and other participants ran with Sai to Preah Ang Jek Preah Ang Chorm deities to pray for peace and then ran to Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap town.
"For the Siem Reap provincial authorities, I would like to thank Sai and the working group who devoted time to launching this humanitarian campaign. This activity, along with government measures, helps promote the wellbeing of Cambodian children and help sustain the Angkor Hospital for Children," he said.
Sai said he wanted to show how young Cambodians support each other and contribute to Cambodian society, especially the health sector.
"I was inspired to create the charity run after I saw local media reports about the financial troubles of the hospital. In the past, I took my relatives to be treated at the hospital free of charge," he said.
"The donations obtained now are more than what I expected. This shows the heart of Khmer donors because, at first, I expected this campaign would bring in $250,000," Sai said.
Conributions to the Angkor Hospital for Children may be sent to the following accounts: ABA: Angkor Hospital for Children (000 853 843) and Wing: 9122 (riel); 8122 (dollar); ACLEDA: Angkor Hospital for Children (01000105696828); Sathapana: Angkor Hospital for Children (07808082834100102).
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June 4 and 6, 2018 — Where the bike goes, we all go. And in the beginning, the bike went to the Knicker Biker shop in Great Falls, MT, which meant we went there, too, or at least to a hotel nearby.
Officer John mowing — for us?
Kathy and I gave ourselves two days to get to Great Falls with time for an overnight stay with Officer John and his newly minted librarian, Maureen. Congratulations on finishing the degree at Spokane Community College.
I most wanted to stay in the Sip 'N Dip Lounge and O'Haire Motor Inn, which is only a few blocks away. But we did get there in time to catch the mer-persons. The locals tell us we should have listened to Piano Pat – maybe next time.
After getting Mary Jo, that would be the Principal Rider, from the airport, we went the next day to the Knicker Biker to pick up her bike (shipped from Cincinnati) and have it put back together. I told the mechanic my rear tire looked a little worn. "You don't want that on your way across a 700-mile ride," said the worker. So he replaced it.
I started out with a head of snot because of a cold and a head of blood because I was starting a new blood thinner medicine. I caught the cold at The Seattle Times, where I worked for the past two months and did not get a whole lot of training in. And I got the new blood thinner because aspirin did not control my underlining clot factor.
I was accused by the SAG support of slowing down the Principal Rider. At lunch, the SAG rider and the Principal Rider had decided that I should stow my bike in the truck and join in the passenger seat for the ride to Fort Benton.
Of course, I was incensed, and from Highwood, MT, where we had a nice lunch in someone's front yard, I picked up my pace and we did the 53.7 miles with an average time of 11 miles per hour – approved by the Principal Rider.
Of course, my boogers were as big as stones and my blood boogers were as big as boulders. A shower in the Grand Union Hotel, a nice dinner (Mary Jo did all right with the trout) and a walk down by the Missouri River, made it all seem like the first day of a ride – happy to be doing this again.
Mary Jo at the Great Falls, MT.


Even though it's phenomenal that some companies are doing so much more than what's required, I think there's still a strong need for a very aggressive government influence.
Traditional fossil fuel and electricity markets have seen a gradual shift over the last few decades from heavy regulation to market-driven incentives. As a result, corporate leaders have been stepping up with more ambitious energy plans and targets.
Big Oil is a great example. Some of the world's largest oil and natural gas companies have been taking a much greater interest in environmental issues. "Big Oil is by no means the biggest roadblock to environmental regulation today," said Arthur van Benthem, assistant professor of Business Economics and Public Policy and faculty fellow for the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.
Many of these companies have become neutral about regulations — and some have even become advocates for carbon taxes. "The most interesting reason that's happened is not that they've suddenly become charitable institutions, but they've better aligned their investments with the environmental regulations they expect," he said.
Prof. Arthur van Benthem moderates a discussion with former Shell Oil Company president Marvin Odum at the Kleinman Center Energy Forum as part of a daylong event co-sponsored with the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative.
He sees this corporate interest in the environment as "a promising trend" but remains skeptical about leaving environmental decisions fully to companies.
The research Van Benthem enjoys most involves bringing in large data sets to measure how exactly firms and consumers respond to the government's environmental taxes and regulations.
His recent research has a particular emphasis on the unintended consequences of environmental legislation, the performance of fuel-economy regulation, the economic efficiency of energy policies, and the impact of solar energy subsidies.
For example, one unintended consequence of more stringent fuel-economy standards is known as "the rebound effect." Cleaner cars are extremely cheap to drive because they consume so little fuel — so if you push consumers to use cleaner cars, they may actually end up driving more than they did in the past.
Economists have estimated that for each gallon of fuel saved, fuel-economy standards are two to 10 times as expensive as a fuel tax. Van Benthem has looked at the cost of these kinds of decisions extensively in his research. Recently, he attempted to quantify the less visible impact of such higher standards on overall gas consumption and the used vehicle market.
With a new administration in the White House and the potential for a very different U.S. environmental policy agenda, Van Benthem feels it's more pressing than ever to conduct research that looks at the economic impact of the government's regulations on energy and the environment.


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Ireland remains the most globalised western economy
March 12, 2013 March 12, 2013 788 Views
Ireland is the world's third most globalised nation in terms of GDP, and remains the most globalised nation in the western world according to Ernst & Young's latest globalisation Index released at Davos. The report also confirms that Ireland is forecast to maintain its overall ranking until at least 2015 due to continued projected growth in trade and capital.
The globalisation Index has five measurements to assess a country's individual global ranking including: openness to global trade, global capital movements, global exchange of technology, global labor movements and cultural integration. The report, drafted in collaboration with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), confirms that Ireland is the second most globalised economy in culture and joint third with Singapore in the global movement of finance and capital.
Mike McKerr, Managing Partner at Ernst & Young comments: "Despite having been hit hard by the recession, research confirms that Ireland is well placed to compete with larger economies worldwide. globalisation continues to define our business landscape with increasing levels of cross-border trade, capital and labor integration. This is underpinned by the number of multinationals located within Ireland".
Since 1995 Ireland has remained within the top three globalised nations based on our overall score; it has risen by 1.21 points above the global average of 0.70 points. Globally, Ireland ranks sixth overall in terms of Trade (+0.91 out-performing the global average +0.63) and it ranks first on openness and ease of trading.
McKerr comments: "These rankings demonstrate how well positioned Ireland is to build on this brand and grow its fledgling trade links with fast growing emerging economies such as China and India. These rankings will be further strengthened, with the IDA currently broadening its global focus to support high-growth companies, emerging from these economies. They have indicated 20pc of all Greenfield investments will come from these regions by 2014".
Ireland is highly dependent on foreign direct investment ("FDI"). Despite being a small open economy, it has managed to attract a disproportionate amount of high value FDI in the last decade. However, Ireland's goods export performance is heavily dependent on the export of medical and pharmaceutical products. This sector is dominated by mainly foreign-owned multinationals and with patents on several major drugs manufactured here due to expire, this could potentially take a toll on Ireland's export pharmaceutical market.
The existence of the International Financial Services Centre has been a positive factor for Ireland's consistently strong performance in openness to movement of capital and finance. This is largely driven from the rise in FDI flows (ranking fourth globally) and portfolio capital flows (ranking first globally).
McKerr continued: "Ireland faces a highly competitive landscape, with notable strong competition arising from the UK, the Netherlands and Switzerland. We can't afford to rely on our previous success. We need to think of more innovative ways to differentiate ourselves from our international competitors, through a combination of cost-competitiveness, enhancing our tax offering and addressing any perceived skills shortage".
While most forecasters believe global GDP will be in the range of 3% – 3.5% in 2013 with a modest increase in subsequent years, the Index suggests that globalisation will continue to advance driven primarily by technology and the cross-border flow of ideas. It also highlights the improved globalisation scores in the last 12 months for medium sized rapid growth markets like Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines as well as smaller European countries including Belgium, Slovakia and Hungary.
However there are real concerns from the survey respondents that continuing weak growth combined with increased global competition could spark more protectionism in the next 12 months. The respondents also specifically pointed to the increasing challenges of operating in some BRIC economies as well as slowing growth in some BRIC markets. As a result nearly half of the survey's respondents expect an increase in protectionism in the BRIC countries as well as an increase in developed markets. In contrast, respondents see a decline in protectionism as more likely in other smaller rapid growth markets.
Mike McKerr, Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Ireland comments: "Despite the highly volatile economic backdrop the trend for greater integration and closer co-operation continues to outweigh the threat of protectionism for the majority of the world's markets."
Rise of the second tier?
The Index highlights that non-BRIC rapid-growth markets are emerging as hot spots for global business, thanks to a perception of being more globally integrated on a range of trade, investment, cultural and technological criteria than the BRICs. These markets also show consistently high economic growth close to that of the leading BRICs. Turkey, Mexico and Indonesia closely shadow China and India in terms of GDP growth from 2000 through 2015. Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Malaysia and Vietnam, as well as several countries and regions in Africa are all shaping up to be among the most dynamic parts of the world for investment.
The number of executives questioned who view rapid-growth markets, other than the BRICs, as the most important source of new revenue nearly doubles from 26% today to a projected 45% in three years time. And they are planning accordingly with South Africa, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey reported to be the most competitive locations. Executives from all geographies expect to increase investment in these markets – 82% plan to do so, and 4 in 10 expect to increase it by more than 10%.
McKerr explains: "Leading companies are adopting a multi-market approach. While the BRICs remain critical to their strategy, executives are also looking closely at opportunities in non-BRIC emerging markets, where they are seeing improvements in the ease of doing business, infrastructure, government policies and labor productivity."
They're also discovering that a standard strategy for a group of markets — e.g., an "emerging markets" strategy — no longer works. Instead, what they will need are nuanced and customised strategies for different markets, areas, regions, sectors and countries."
Mature markets remain critical
While many of the non-BRIC rapid-growth economies are worth a big, mostly long-term bet, the report reinforces that they are only part of the picture. To create a well-rounded portfolio, investors will need to diversify their bets to include several mature markets, which are making a comeback in certain areas and sectors.
The report also highlights how innovation and exchange of technology and ideas can give developed markets an edge over their rapid-growth counterparts. The diffusion of broadband, social, digital and mobile technologies is much higher in these markets, enabling them to retain a high share in the export of goods and services. Ireland has improved in terms of broadband penetration from 24% to 26.4% and in internet subscriptions from 73.7% to 77.2%. However, Ireland's overall ranking in Technology stands at 22nd globally.
As the trade in goods and services is returning to pre-financial-crisis levels, and the flow of capital shows a steady increase, technology and the cross-border flow of ideas will continue to shape the growth and character of globalisation. As trade integration stabilizes, a shift between import and export countries is forecast, with rapid-growth markets emerging as stronger consumer markets and developed markets regaining strength as producers and exporters of goods and services.
McKerr concludes: "The nature of globalisation continues to evolve and change. Technology continues to enable and enhance the flow of capital, ideas and innovation in ways that are increasingly hard to anticipate. The challenge for business is how to monitor, evaluate and respond as rapidly and effectively as they can, to a dynamic environment that cannot be dealt with by an "off the shelf solution".
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Evidence that New Day edited video to make a Trump voter look like a conspiracy theorist.
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas released part three of its explosive investigation into CNN and its obsession with the Russia-President Donald Trump narrative.
This video contains two parts surrounding New Day associate producer Jimmy Carr. He speaks to two investigators and tells them that Trump "is a clown," thinks voters are "stupid as sh*t," and guarantees that Trump has paid for abortions.
O'Keefe then shows how Carr's New Day program edited a segment with Trump voters that made one man appear to be a conspiracy theorist.
The investigator asked Carr if CNN really is impartial, who responds "in theory" with an eye roll. But when the investigator asked him about how people in media circles view Trump, Carr unleashed the criticisms.
Carr echoes what a lot of Trump's opponents said about him before and during the primary and then the campaign trail: He's not a real Republican and he only chose that party because he knew he could win in it.
O'Keefe then speaks over and points out that those who have lashed out at the previous two videos, claiming it's only the opinions of those involved, are wrong, according to Carr.
Carr produces New Day as I mentioned before. O'Keefe brought up a segment from the morning show when host Alison Camerota interviewed six Trump voters 60 days into his administration.
Someone leaked the full audio of the interview. CNN edited over an hour into a measly eight minutes to air. O'Keefe concentrates on a portion with panelist William Baer, who discussed Trump's claims of voter fraud.
He tells Camerota that if voter fraud didn't exist that Trump would have won by higher numbers than he did against failed Hillary. Camerota eggs him on, asking him in a sarcastic voice if he has actually seen a dozen or 3 million illegal voters voting. He tries to explain his answer, but the video shows Camerota interrupting him before it moves on. It leaves Baer looking like a conspiracy theorist.
Of course he means voters who do not vote Democrat. Never mind that the vast majority of such cannot speak adequate English and may have never read a book.
Don't be too sure about that. According to Bill Ivey, a democrat strategist, the left has worked for decades to create "an unaware and compliant citizenry," and he was talking about the left's voters.
After all this that's coming out, I certainly think it's deserved.
I also would like to see White House briefings with a varying number of bloggers being allowed in to ask questions. Make all the MSM types sit in the 12th row.
Already there are multitudinous grounds for endless legal actions – both criminal and civil……..
Better off to leave them and just keep batting down their fake news. That way, if they ever come up with something valid, no one will believe them.
He looks very white. And privileged. And sort of male.
He might be Obama's trans-gendered identical twin then…..
Well, between eight years of Obama and the near miss with Hillary, the guy has a point.
Today, Veritas presented its third tape of the undercover work at CNN. It is by far the most damning of the three.
So how to explain that that third tape went totally ignored, not just by the "garbage media", but also by FOX? Same happened to Veritas last November, with its undercover work at the DNC. What had the potential of really blowing sky-high, merely fizzled.
Jim O Keefe is not the only one who wonders what is going on!
Sometimes Fox is but a thread away from the MSM. This appears to one of those times when they are side by side.
Fox has been going left since Murdoch's spawn took over.


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Q: parfor slicing of cell array While using parfor in MATLAB using cell arrays I stepped into a problem where I can't see any difference from working example code and my buggy line!
The modification of data can be done indipendently for each worker and I wanted to use the slicing of variables, like shown in MathWorks Blog
A3 = cell(10,1);
parfor ix = 1:10
    for jx = 1:10
        A3{ix}(jx) = ix + jx;
    end
end
A3 = cell2mat(A3);

Im doing the exactly same first level indexing like in the example, but MATLAB can't classify it.
I want certain lines to be deleted: There are file Files with each lines Lines that are compared against some values in (for simplicity not shown) other loops. For each file a worker will be assigned.
parfor file=1:length(data(:,1))
    line= 1;
    length_line = length(data{file,1}(:,1));

    while line <= length_line && ... && ...
       % some more loops
           if (...)
              data{file,1}(line,:) = [];
              length_line= length_line - 1;
           end
       % end of some more loops
       line= line + 1;
    end
end
% data will be returned

I don't see why it should not work! What i took into account:

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*data will be modified so that each workers modification has no cross influence to others ( deleted lines are only a subset part of actual worker data)

*for slicing indexing must be done in first level ( data{file,1} )

*other first level indexing variables will be treated as constant / are constants, I use "1" so everything is good.

*No in-parloop assignment of variables that later will be used outside (not even constants)

*Testing without the line data{file,1}(line,:)= [] runs without Matlab warnings.

*Tried MATLAB static code analyser output = mlint('myFile.m') but it doesn't show me any useful hints.

Just this single line is breaking up everything. But I really need this command to work. Any hints / workarounds?

A: Your code is incomplete, I did not try it out, but this should fix it:
parfor file=1:length(data(:,1))
    line= 1;
    length_line = length(data{file,1}(:,1));
    dataslice=data{file,1}
    while line <= length_line && ... && ...
       % some more loops
           if (...)
              dataslice(line,:) = [];
              length_line= length_line - 1;
           end
       % end of some more loops
       line= line + 1;
    end
    data{file,1}=dataslice
end
% data will be returned

If this does not help, please update your question and provide a reproducable example (initialisation of all variables, complete code)

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Q: ElasticSearch: No field found for [" + field + "] in groovy script I'm performing this groovy script in my elasticsearch instance. This is the content of a groovy script located in /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/scripts:
def opDate = new DateTime(doc['" + field + "'].date);opDate.getYear();

It's reached and ES is trying to perform it, nevertheless it's telling me:
No field found for [" + field + "] in mapping with types [fuas]

This is the Java code I send to ES:
AggregationBuilders
    .terms(this.getName())
    .field(this.getName())
    .script(
        new Script(
            "year",
            ScriptType.FILE,
            "groovy",
            ImmutableMap.of("field", this.getName())
        )
    );

A: You have a few too many quotes in there. Modify your script like this (field is a parameter to your script):
def opDate = new DateTime(doc[field].date);opDate.getYear();


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The Mogollon Rim area hosts a variety of plant communities. Ponderosa pine with alligator juniper and Gambel oak is the predominant Rim plant community, as seen here at Big Springs.
Woven into the tapestry of the Rim, Big Springs is rich with riparian habitat, which is the narrow zone of lush streamside vegetation associated with Arizona's most limited resource – water.
Because of the presence of water, there is a greater diversity of plant and animal species within and adjacent to riparian habitats.


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© 2018 Kutapira.
Kutapira is a percussion ensemble that formed in 2005 in East Vancouver. The band is made up of five core members, young men ages 25 to 30, who started playing this fusion of world music together when they were kids over 15 years ago. One of Kutapira's remarkable features is the way that these 5 original members switch seamlessly from instrument to instrument. Every performer is proficient on each of the many percussion instruments that make up their unique sound, from the Zimbabwean marimba's to the West African djembe to the Afro-cuban conga's and timbales to the drum kit which provides a steady driving groove. For 10 years the band worked with some of Vancouver's finest musician's from around the world to learn the proper technique's and rhythm's from the country or origin of each instrument. All of these styles are now woven seamlessly into the fabric of the band, often overlapping but frequently highlighted in the many percussion breakdowns that are written into their arrangements.
There is a magic that is created with these types of instruments that is very hard to translate into recorded material. Something about the energy and the feeling that percussion brings to an audience. It's lively and visceral… you can actually feel the vibration and the rhythms in your chest… it ignites something tribal within you that can be trance inducing or just makes you want to dance. The transferal of energy between the audience and the performer is palpable and it often grows into something that is more than the sum of it's respective parts. This is the magic and the joy that Kutapira shares with audiences and it's the reason why the band has lasted for so long. From toddlers to young adults to senior's, from elementary school students to people with disability's to her majesty the queen of England… this unique and original fusion has been able to ignite something within people of all ages and from all walks of life.
Like all things ever changing, growing and evolving so too is Kutapira. The band has incorporated a variety of new instruments over the years. You can now hear them with fully integrated electric guitar, electric bass and vocals. It's a way to keep the band current, fresh and exciting for both the original members and their long time fans. Many new members have come and gone over the years but the five core members of Kutapira remain the same and they are grateful for the musical contributions of all those who have brought their talent and energy to the group.
"When I first saw Kutapira hit the stage like a bunch of up and coming Groove Monsters the future of world music in Vancouver got a whole lot Brighter!"
-Sal Ferrares, Kwanten University Vice President.
"Around us nine young men, the Kutapira Marimba Percussion Ensemble, give birth to a sound so moving it's underlined over and over in my journal. Not even (host) Bill Richardson can believe that on a Thursday afternoon in Vancouver 500 people from the Untied Nations are dancing together spontaneously"
-Miguel Strother, SFU Delegate, UNESCO World Urban Forum.
"An exuberant youth percussion group that exudes pure enjoyment of the music they are playing. Kutapira puts a smile on your face and makes you want to dance"
-Cheryl Hurd, School Program Coordinator, ArtStarts in Schools.
"We were certainly impressed with Kutapira. Everyone I spoke with during the performance was amazed by how talented these guys are! The group was a FANTASTIC addition to the Fair and a great way to end the first day of the Festival!"
-Eran Norton, Special Events Coordinator, Place des Arts.
"I have a long history of witnessing and playing a variety of world music and I can attest that these "kids" can play - boy can they play! No matter their age, they've earned 'main stage' credibility."
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You will perform much better if you customize the default controls in World of Warcraft. It is one of the simpler things that you can do to improve, though it will feel a bit uncomfortable while you retrain your muscle memory. Stick with it! You won't regret it.
The best way to move your character is use W, A, S, and D in combination with the mouse. The default key bindings are not set up properly for this. The first thing that you should do if you haven't already, is bind Strafe Left to "A" and Strafe Right to "D". You will never need a key for Turn Left and Turn Right -- don't even bother rebinding them.
With that done, you can now use W to move forward, and A and D to move left/right without turning your character. (You can backpedal with S, but you move more slowly so keep that in mind... it is often better to turn and run.) To turn your character, hold the right mouse button and move your mouse. That's it! If you have been using the keyboard to turn, this might feel awkward. Just fight through it, you will perform much better if you do.
You can hold the left mouse button and move the mouse to change the direction you are looking. We would recommend that you go into Interface, Camera, Camera Follow Style, and set it to Never adjust camera. That way the game won't move the camera around on you. It's better that you get in the habit of controlling it yourself.
A useful tip if you control this way: say you are facing a boss and shooting at it, but you use the left mouse button to look behind you. You can quickly turn around and start moving that direction by pressing both mouse buttons.
Now that you are using W, A, S, and D to move your character, you want to bind your spells and abilities to the keys closest to your fingers. Anything that you use often or that you might use while moving should be given the best keys. Things used infrequently or usually when standing still can go on the less comfortable keys.
When controlling in this manner, your left pinky will naturally rest on the left shift key, giving you easy access to a lot more bindings. For example, "E" and "shift + E" can be used for two different spells.
Below are recommendations for the best keys to use for your spells and abilities. Keys in green are generally easy for most people to use while moving. Keys in yellow are decent but a bit more of a stretch. Every keyboard is slightly different in dimensions and key position, so feel free to customize.
If you have a mouse with convenient and comfortable extra buttons, those are also good for binding abilities.


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Wellesley residents were among the 400,000 households in Massachusetts forced on Thanksgiving Day to miss the Cowboys-Eagles football game and spend more quality time with family on the holiday as a result of a financial dispute between Verizon FiOS and Cox Media, which owns the Fox TV station that carries NFL games. Some of us even resorted to wholesome activities such as coloring and connect-the-dots.
Among the especially ticked off Wellesley residents is Cimarron Buser, who started a Facebook group designed to encourage customers to take action such as complaining to the FCC, Verizon and Cox, including via social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. Group members are also sharing about alternatives that could eventually lead some to cut the cable cord or at least switch cable providers.
Some chimed in about switching to a Spanish language channel on Verizon to watch the game (though it is not included in the basic package) or of setting up an HDTV tuner to grab Fox TV signals over the air. ("Turns out Wellesley is an ideal location to get Over the Air HDTV — we're very close to the tower in Needham on Cabot Street," Buser says.)
Verizon has never been especially football friendly, not even including the NFL Network in its basic package (at least that's true for us).
One happy note: The Pats-Packers game on Sunday is on CBS, not Fox.
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This Oakland team is excellent, balanced and proven, loaded with power and confidence.
The guy (Jurickson Profar) they traded for over the winter tripled to right and scored their first run.
The guy who was battered on the other side of the Pacific (Mike Fiers) was un-battered and outstanding back in the US of A, allowing one hit — and that wasn't until the fifth — and no runs in six innings.
And this also is the way things are going. Not until after the beautifully and quickly (2 hours, 18 minutes) played 4-0 win over the Angels in the home opener Thursday at the Coliseum did a rainstorm arrive.
Although one wouldn't say the A's, or anybody, has control over the weather.
They certainly had control of the Angels — who, despite having the highest-paid player in baseball, $430 million man Mike Trout (he was 1 for 3 in his first major league game since signing that contract), reminded us once more it's impossible to win when you can't get a run.
Let us not get carried away. This was only one game, and the A's, because of a schedule manager Bob Melvin referred to as surreal, came in with an 0-2 record — after being shipped to Tokyo and losing a couple to Seattle and then returning back for, yes, exhibition games against the Giants.
Then again, let us get carried away. We knew this Oakland team is excellent, balanced and proven, loaded with power (Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered; Profar tripled; Stephen Piscotty doubled) and confidence.
Like the one Grossman made in left, grabbing a ball down the foul line. Like the one Matt Chapman made to start a third-to-short-to-first double play. "He's platinum," said Melvin, alluding to the reward for the man judged best at his position.
If you seek a negative, well, the crowd for the first home game of 2019 — a season in which the A's are trying to regain the respect and support of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when they won a World Series and played in two others — was, shall we say, minimal, just 22,691.
The temperature was cool, 61 degrees at first pitch, and there was a forecast of late-afternoon rain, which turned out to be accurate. And A's fans are 9-to-5 types, who on a workday have to work. Which may be the reason there will be a second home opener — "Groundhog Day Diamond Version" — on Friday night.
The Coliseum gets maligned, and as we know the A's are planning a new park over on the docks, but according to Grossman, who was with the Minnesota Twins the previous two seasons and the Astros organization before that, the stadium gives the A's an advantage.
On the mound, Fiers simply worked at his craft. He held the Angels hitless until Tommy La Stella doubled in the fifth, a huge and for Oakland wonderful contrast from his start against the Mariners on March 20 in Japan. That day, Fiers was pummeled for five runs in the third.
A shutout is quite is more than enough.


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January 29, 2020 » Today News » Terrorist Threat
Warning signs from Tunisia's localised terrorist insurgency
Affected Countries: tunisia;
Tunisia has made significant progress against terrorism over the past four years. Security has been tightened throughout the country's urban and tourist areas. Along the border with Libya, there are better surveillance systems. The scattered attacks that do occur are mostly amateurish and cause few casualties apart from the terrorists themselves.
The country does however still face a low-level insurgency along a band of mountains in north-western Tunisia by Katiba Uqba ibn Nafi (KUIN), part of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and Jund al-Khilafah (JAK), which is linked to Islamic State.
In the past nine years, at least 150 terrorists have died in the conflict, and over 300 Tunisian police and defence personnel have been killed or wounded. Some of the terrorists are foreigners, mainly Algerian, but most are Tunisian, recruited largely from the country's west. Despite the large number of Tunisian foreign fighters in Syria and Libya, there are few indications that returnees are involved in the conflict.
It's important not to sensationalise what is happening in western Tunisia. While unprecedented for the modern Tunisian republic, the conflict has generated minimal casualties compared to ongoing terrorist insurgencies in Egypt, Mali or Nigeria.
A growing number of civilians have been targeted through abductions, beheadings and murder
Neither KUIN nor JAK controls large parts of the country or many people. Local support for the insurgency is limited, with the terrorists frequently conducting violent raids on houses close to their mountain bases for supplies. The risk to the state is low, with little danger posed to most Tunisians, foreign visitors or the economy.
However it's important not to minimise the problem. The conflict is persistent and bloody, with both KUIN and JAK enduring in the face of significant military and security attempts to eliminate them. It is also changing in worrisome ways. Over the past two years, six trends have emerged that warrant close attention.
First, the conflict has expanded (modestly) in geographic reach. In early 2019, a JAK unit occupied Mount Orbata in Gafsa governorate (see map). Government forces and infrastructure were attacked, and a local shepherd kidnapped and murdered. This was the first real geographic expansion of the insurgency in years. It brought the conflict closer to the economically important phosphate mining industry in that governorate, though it hasn't yet disrupted it.
Second, as government pressure intensifies, the unity of the JAK, and to a lesser degree KUIN, has dissipated, with small units seeming to operate increasingly on their own. In one instance, breakaway JAK members tried to form a new group, the Jihad and Oneness Brigade, in the centre-western Tunisian town of Jelma in late 2018. It was uncovered and destroyed by the government.
Loosening hierarchical control seems to have given autonomy to individual terrorist units in the west, leading some to engage in transgressive violence and others to develop new tactics aimed at non-traditional targets.
As the unity of terror groups has dissipated, the autonomy of individual units in the west has grown
Third, both KUIN and JAK have demonstrated disturbing innovation in tactics. Complex ambushes involving improvised explosive devices and small arms fire have proliferated, including an incident in Jendouba in June 2018 when six National Guardsmen were killed.
Secondary explosive devices have been used to target personnel rushing to aid victims of an initial attack, and in at least one instance booby traps were laid around the body of a murdered shepherd. A growing number of militants have also been found to be wearing explosive belts, though most detonations occur when they're overrun by security forces, rather than during attacks.
Fourth, there have Source: Defence Webbeen changes in targeting. In Kasserine, a small oil pipeline was bombed – the first known instance of the terrorists targeting critical infrastructure. In another first, terrorists robbed two banks in the towns of Sbiba and Kasserine. This suggests that the KUIN and JAK units are financially stressed, as other avenues of fundraising have been closed. It also shows a worrisome ability to plan and execute attacks in small towns in the west.
Fifth, and perhaps most ominous, a growing number of civilians have been targeted through abductions, the beheadings of shepherds, and the murder of a soldier's relative. These attacks represent a U-turn for the insurgents, especially KUIN, which had assiduously avoided attacking civilians in order to build local support. This strategy largely failed and the groups now seem intent on terrorising local citizens into acquiescence (or at least not active opposition).
Both KUIN and JAK have demonstrated disturbing innovation in tactics
The targeting of civilians has sparked public anger against the insurgents. It has also led to small demonstrations against the government for not protecting its citizens. These frustrations should be taken seriously, lest the significant public support enjoyed by the government in the western governorates be placed at risk.
The final inescapable point is that the conflict in western Tunisia isn't a purely military contest. Rather, the struggle is for the support of the population in the region – and, for the terrorists, whether this comes through passive or active coercion.
The Tunisian government should focus not just on training and deploying troops or acquiring military equipment. It needs to buttress public support by protecting civilians and addressing the deep social frustration in the area, including the dearth of economic options, governance failures and entrenched inequality. A considered and holistic approach can tackle key drivers of terrorism and improve prospects for residents of a historically marginalised region.
Source: Defence Web
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Hotel technology helps Latin American hospitality rebound following turbulence.
Latin American hospitality and tourism have experienced a bit of turbulence in recent years, with both highs and lows marking the industry's performance. Hospitality investors largely express optimism in regard to this region, though.
"We are in a moment where there is a slowdown of the economy in the region and in the world, but the region is not like in the past, where a slowdown appeared and the region went into crisis. There is a slowdown now, but it's not a crisis," said Arturo Rosa, president and founder of the South American Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (SAHIC).
Other challenges faced by the Latin American hospitality industry include high inflation, currency devaluation, and a rate of supply that has outpaced demand. In 2015, South America had 400 hotels in its pipeline.
Different countries have fared differently in this environment.
For instance, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games have impacted Brazilian hotels and lodging businesses tremendously and led to a surge in the influx of travelers.
Attendance to the World Cup exceeded expectations by 67 percent, resulting in over a million total visitors to Brazil in 2014. São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro welcomed the bulk of the 1.5 million tourists to the country, as these cities were the main locations for the event. The average daily rate (ADR) for hotels in Rio de Janeiro in 2014 increased by 5.7 percent and led to an increase of 1.4 percent in ADR, while São Paulo experienced a slightly smaller increase in ADR of 1.9 percent and increase in RevPAR of 2.6 percent.
"Like it or not, the sharing economy is here, but the secret sauce of any hotel experience is what we can bring to the guest."
Total international tourist arrivals to Brazil are expected to more than double by 2024 to 14.2 million, and increases are expected in both corporate and leisure travel to the country.
Another current development impacting Latin America that had the global hospitality industry buzzing was the reduction of travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba. Cuba is already one of the leading Latin American islands for travel and tourism, and hospitality brands and investors have shown enthusiasm to enter its stage.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts becomes the first U.S. hotel brand approved to operate in Cuba in about 60 years and plans to brand three hotels in 2016. The cruise industry is also capitalizing, with a Carnival cruise line beginning trips to Cuba.
The tourism and hospitality industry in Mexico is currently flourishing, and the country has steadily dominated as one of the top 15 destinations visited by global travelers. Overall, there has been a 10-percent increase in occupancy rates over four years.
SAHIC's Rosa says that the Andean region, including Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, is one of the most attractive throughout Latin America to hospitality industry investors and hoteliers.
Colombia stands out in South America, experiencing economic growth of 4.6 percent. However, the recent devaluation of the Colombian currency, which also occurred in other areas of this region such as Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela, has led to a decrease of 8.5 percent in ADR and the country has also seen a decline in occupancy of 2 percent.
Still, hotel brands see Latin America as a region ripe with opportunity.
Carlson Hospitality CEO David Berg called Latin America a « very important focus » for the brand. Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Wyndham Hotel Group, Hilton Worldwide and Accor Hotels also expect to grow their portfolio of hotels in Latin America.
As international brands establish more of a presence in Latin America, they will bring with them more sophisticated hotel technology, which has been a major focus of hospitality brands looking to be more competitive on the modern global landscape. The introduction of hotel mobile apps by many brands and the use of guestroom technology have been adopted as ways to engage and satisfy guests, whose expectations have rapidly changed when it comes to the definition of the hotel experience.
Currently, 155.9 million individuals in Latin America are plugged into their mobile devices and as the number of mobile users increases, hospitality technology must keep up to accommodate the use of mobile technology by travelers.
Hotels in Latin America are already beginning to embrace hotel technology as a way to compete on the global scene. Brazil's Unique Garden Hotel & Spa is one example of a hotel that has expanded its guest technology to improve guest service and engagement. Capitalizing on the gains of tablet usage, the São Paulo resort took advantage of the strength of the tablet market in Latin America by installing touchscreen tablets in hotel guest rooms.
Another hotel in Latin America that has upgraded its guest technology is Rancho Santana in Nicaragua. The seaside luxury resort introduced both a mobile hotel app and in-room tablets to improve guest engagement.
Rancho Santana General Manager Chris Currey said, "Rancho Santana's in-room tablets and mobile application are a fun and efficient way to communicate with our guests beyond the face to face time they receive from our Concierge team…The in-room tablets are also a great way to reach our more passive guests who may not be inclined to visit the Concierge for all their questions, as well as first-time guests who haven't come to realize just how much there is to see and do at the ranch."
"They allow us to elevate the guest experience by making a lasting impression whether they are perusing the tablet with the guest in person, giving guests access to more information in the room, and even continuing to engage them once they've gone home and settled back into their routine."
Embracing hotel technology is just one of the many ways the Latin American hospitality industry can combat some of the many challenges facing the region.
Jorge Giannattasio, senior vice president and chief of Latin America operations for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, said improvements to the guest experience are the best way for the hospitality industry to compete, particularly with Airbnb. "We are seeing large hotel companies like ours…enhancing the overall guest experience. That is where we are very different [from Airbnb]."
David Berg, CEO of Carlson Hospitality Group, said the challenges to Latin American hospitality and competition from disruptors like Airbnb are actually beneficial to the industry overall by inspiring hoteliers to "up our game."
Berg said, "Like it or not, the sharing economy is here, but the secret sauce of any hotel experience is what we can bring to the guest."
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No, we aren't kidding — anti-aging booze actually exists.
We conveniently stumbled across Anti-a Gin, an "age-defying" gin distilled with collagen. It was created by Bompas & Parr exclusively for Warner Leisure Hotels, a hotel chain in the UK.
In case you're not aware, collagen production (the stuff that keeps your skin plump and youthful) decreases as you age. So the thought of sipping on collagen-infused gin at happy hour is like music to our ears.
Not only is the 40% proof gin distilled with ingestible collagen, but it's also crafted with other anti-aging botanicals, too. You can score yourself a bottle for around $40 American dollars on Drink Supermarket (it's currently sold out!) or in a cocktail at all 13 Warner Leisure Hotels.
The creators also noted that it's a boozy equivalent of a facial. We'll definitely drink to that!


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This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, with no guarantee of success or safety. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John Drury Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enough to negate the relentless restraints of gravity. The resulting volume is as much a memoir as a work of history, sharing a behind-the-scenes view of an enterprise which eventually took men to the moon, missiles to the planets, and satellites to outer space. A classic work in the history of science, and described as "a good book on rocket stuff…that's a really fun one" by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, readers will want to get their hands on this influential classic, available for the first time in decades.
JOHN DRURY CLARK (1907 - 1988) was an American rocket fuel developer, chemist, and science fiction writer. In addition to his work as a scientist, he was instrumental in the broad revival of interest in Robert E. Howard's Conan stories and an influence on the writing of Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, and other sci-fi authors.
ISAAC ASIMOV (1920 - 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. A prolific writer, he published more than 500 books, most notably the science fiction novels I, Robot and Foundation, and the popular science works, Guide to Science and Understanding Physics.
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"Ignition! is a history of liquid rocket propellants, but it's also a history of cold war and the space race, told from a particular point of view....That humor helps the accessibility, and as long as you remember some high school chemistry you shouldn't have a problem with the science either."
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"Ignition!, originally written in 1972, is back in print after a long hiatus. A classic book, it tells a rollicking story of an era when space was the frontier. An informative history, it reads like an adventure story."
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